How good is your heart?

Stuff of life: Bread is used as an analogy in faith PIC: Jernejkitchen
Stuff of life: Bread is used as an analogy in faith PIC: Jernejkitchen

When everyday things happen around us or when we ought to consider some aspect of ordinary life amidst us, it is hardly certain how we will react. Given that, it may be advisable to adopt a particular credo intended for nonbelievers: interest them first through their hearts - the most important muscle in our bodies as cardiologists say - and then their belief will naturally follow…

Anyhow one considers it, bread is the most mentioned or consumed foodstuff in almost every major faith. At times bread is shared as a symbol of fellowship and collective worship.

At other times, bread’s base, wheat, is a metaphor for salvation and the chaff, a metaphor for damnation. And bread, or variations of it, is typically consumed at breakfast, that most vital meal of the day. All these must tell us something significant about bread.

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The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

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