The Recipe and the Cookie

i listen to a great podcast. i agree with about 95% of what they say and find it so refreshing. (the other 5% is just a logistical disagreement, but oh well...). mostly, they dislike the "religion" of faith and really strive to share about the relationship that is possible with god.

well, the other day they were talking about cookies. they shared that much of christianity in america has been aimed at teaching the 'recipe'...pushing the correct recipe...making the successful faith-walk about getting the recipe right. then they offered out the question...how many have really tasted the cookie (the real relationship with the godhead)? and what would happen if we actually made our lives about the 'cookie' as opposed to the 'recipe'?

i don't know...it was an interesting thought to me. the 'recipe' is important...but if it's at the expense of or in place of the 'cookie'...that we can taste and find that it is real and good (frickin' fantastic actually)...if we've missed that, have we also missed the whole point?

i'm into the real deal. give...me...cookie. ;)