Because, as Thompson rightly insists, there's a connection to be made between faith and chocolate. Brewing has a long history in the Church. Bread is at the heart of a liturgical and ritual life together. If Jesus is "the Bread of Life", why, Thompson asks, are we Christians so comfortable eating such mass-produced, and unhealthy, bread in our own lives? Thompson -- himself a part of Indie music for decades -- also insists that hand-crafted music is a matter of faith, too.
And interwoven throughout all this good theology is a spiritual memoir of Thompson's own growth in the faith. What stands out to me after having read that memoir, is the miracle of Thompson's Christian life at all. But that's as it should be. That I'm a Christian, says more about Jesus than it does about me. And Jesus, Bread, and Chocolate highlights that in page after page.
What's the message to be taken from this book? That there's something more to the life our culture attempts to foist on us in its mass-marketed world. Finding out what that is is going to take some time, some starts and stops in faith. But in the end, don't be surprised if Jesus grabs your heart-strings after having read Thompson's story.
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