Bread for Growth: Luke 13:18–21 (Parable of the Yeast)
Jesus told a parable of a woman who put yeast into her bread dough, and the bread dough rose. Yeast causes bread dough to bubble up and expand. Can salt do it? No. Can oil do it? No. Only yeast. The woman with the yeast is like a person who spreads love. When we share love with one another, the kin(g)dom of God bubbles up and expands. It grows! The bread also reminds us of Jesus himself. When we share love and break bread together, our communities grow. Only love can do it!