• Español
  • Historical Archives
  • Convention
  • Contact Us
Support the Ministry Give
Mennonite Church USA Mennonite Church USA Mennonite Church USA Mennonite Church USA
  • About
    • What We Believe
      • Statements and Resolutions
      • Confession of Faith In a Mennonite Perspective
    • History
    • Find a Church
    • FAQ
      • FAQ about Mennonites
      • FAQ about MC USA
    • Executive Board Staff
    • Church Structure
      • Area Conferences
      • Racial Ethnic Council
  • MennoCon
  • Ministry
    • Church Vitality
      • Women in Leadership
      • Church Planting
      • Wellbeing in Ministry
      • Ministerial Inquiry Form
      • Kineo Center
    • Faith Formation
      • Children and Families
      • Faith Formation with Youth
      • Faith Formation with Adults
      • Christian Practices
      • Pastors & Leaders | Deep Faith 2022
    • Peacebuilding
      • Learn Pray Join
      • Israel/Palestine Initiatives
      • Undoing Racism
      • Undoing Sexism
      • Peace and Justice Support Network
    • The Corinthian Plan
      • Corinthian Plan Staff
      • History of the Corinthian Plan
      • Why Mutual Aid Matters
      • Corinthian Plan Subsidies
      • Wellness Incentives
  • Agencies
    • Everence
    • Mennonite Education Agency
    • Mennonite Mission Network
    • MennoMedia
    • Mennonite Health Services Alliance
  • Resources
  • News & Media
    • News & Media
    • Menno Snapshots
    • MenoTicias
    • Publications and Newsletters
  • Blog
Mennonite Church USA Mennonite Church USA
  • About
    • What We Believe
      • Statements and Resolutions
      • Confession of Faith In a Mennonite Perspective
    • History
    • Find a Church
    • FAQ
      • FAQ about Mennonites
      • FAQ about MC USA
    • Executive Board Staff
    • Church Structure
      • Area Conferences
      • Racial Ethnic Council
  • MennoCon
  • Ministry
    • Church Vitality
      • Women in Leadership
      • Church Planting
      • Wellbeing in Ministry
      • Ministerial Inquiry Form
      • Kineo Center
    • Faith Formation
      • Children and Families
      • Faith Formation with Youth
      • Faith Formation with Adults
      • Christian Practices
      • Pastors & Leaders | Deep Faith 2022
    • Peacebuilding
      • Learn Pray Join
      • Israel/Palestine Initiatives
      • Undoing Racism
      • Undoing Sexism
      • Peace and Justice Support Network
    • The Corinthian Plan
      • Corinthian Plan Staff
      • History of the Corinthian Plan
      • Why Mutual Aid Matters
      • Corinthian Plan Subsidies
      • Wellness Incentives
  • Agencies
    • Everence
    • Mennonite Education Agency
    • Mennonite Mission Network
    • MennoMedia
    • Mennonite Health Services Alliance
  • Resources
  • News & Media
    • News & Media
    • Menno Snapshots
    • MenoTicias
    • Publications and Newsletters
  • Blog
Home / Corinthian Plan / Food and nutrition advice
Jul 27 2021

Food and nutrition advice

Ingrid Friesen Moser, MA, RDN has worked in wellness for 25 years. In addition to her ten-year history as Wellness Coordinator with Mennonite Church USA’s Corinthian Plan, the health plan for MC USA pastors and church workers, she works with children and adults at Maple City Health Care Center in Goshen, Indiana. Her degrees in nutrition (Goshen College) and Christian Formation (AMBS) reflect her passion for the intersection of health and wellness with spiritual disciplines. Ingrid is grateful for meals shared around a table, interests like birding that get her out looking for the next new and amazing thing to cross her path, and the giant sequoias found in Sequoia National Park that inspire and are among the tallest, widest and longest-lived organisms on the planet.

___________________________________

I have always loved food.  My mother tells a story of a very young me fascinated by sweet, delicious berries that came, to my amazement, in both red and blue. I remember how eager my six-year-old self was to taste and drink coffee, and I decide coffee ice cream was my favorite flavor. Still is. Not only did my parents introduce me to a variety of foods and flavors, but I was fortunate to have a mom that introduced me to cooking. My parents, to this day, have people into their home to eat and share food weekly.  This created a frequent opportunity for me, as a child, to find a place in the kitchen chopping, measuring and mixing alongside my mom. Sure, I loved making cookies and cakes, but my first cooking love was the task of making salads. The chopping, arranging and creating combinations of bright colored vegetables rivaled anything I could do with a box of Crayola crayons. And I could eat my creations!

When it came time to pick a career, dietetics offered me the combination of skills and opportunities with food that has made for a rewarding career for the last 28 years.  My seminary training in Christian formation added the anchoring dimension of placing our human relationship to food, and daily habits like eating, in God’s work of love and transformation.

The best food and nutrition advice I can give at this stage in my life and career is this, and it comes from things I have learned over a lifetime in the kitchen:

  • The act of cooking is transforming love into something edible.
  • Eat a colorful plate.
  • Food is a gift to be shared and eaten with others.
  • Cooking is an everyday, mundane task, as well as a holy celebration. Embrace both. They each lead to eating — the incredible remembering of who we are physically, emotionally and spiritually.
  • Establish a daily rhythm of eating at regular, predictable times; and give yourself to the work it takes in the kitchen to make this possible, and/or show your appreciation to those that make it possible for you to eat in this way.

There is no shortage of shortcuts, gimmicks and fads that will tell you how to get out of the “work” of cooking and eating well. To that I offer this hope and prayer: May you find your way to experiencing joy in the work of feeding yourself and others.

 

Learn more about The Corinthian Plan here.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog belong to the author and are not intended to represent the views of the MC USA Executive Board or staff.
  • July 27, 2021
  • No Comments
  • Corinthian Plan, Menno Snapshots
  • cooking, Corinthian Plan, food, Ingrid Friesen Moser, nutrition, The Corinthian Plan, wellness
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • Pinterest
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • E-Mail

Interested in submitting a blog for Menno Snapshots? Please see our blog guidelines here.

3145 Benham Ave. Suite 1
Elkhart, IN 46517

718 N. Main St.
Newton, KS 67114
Phone: (866) 866-2872
  • News & Media
  • Español
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Convention
  • Resources
  • Give
  • Staff
  • Employment
  • Transparency in Coverage
©2020 Mennonite Church USA   |   Subscribe to PeaceMail to receive news and blogs compiled into one weekly email.   SUBSCRIBE