Cooking and Communion

One preacher recalls the first time he was asked to teach a seminary class about Communion. He went to an older colleague and said, "How shall I begin? What should I do?"
The older colleague said, "The first thing you must do is go to a kitchen and learn how to cook."
The preacher said, "Why should I learn how to cook if all I want to do is to teach the meaning of Communion?"
"Ah," said his older colleague, "you must know this. You will never be able to understand the meaning of Communion until you know the love of cooking and the joy of those who are satisfied."

Wayne Brouwer, "No Ordinary People,"