Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.
Remember earlier this year, when toilet paper, paper towels, and the like were in short supply? Well, so was yeast. Everyone, it seemed, wanted to bake bread, sweet rolls, and the like.
Slowly, paper goods returned to the shelves, as did yeast. Now, we’re being warned that the surge in covid-19 cases and deaths could put in particular baking goods in short supply as more people will be staying at home for the holidays and making cookies, pies, candy, and, yes, 
breads and other things that require yeast.
Yeast is a funny thing. While it will last a couple years unopened in a cool place, once it’s opened, you’ve got about four months to use it if you keep it refrigerated. Otherwise, don’t count on it doing its thing.
The Kingdom of God is a funny thing that way too. While faith will last a while without some care, it leavens nothing in ourselves and others if we don’t use it. If you take it off the shelf or out of the cupboard after months, it may be dead. And while unlike yeast, dead faith can be reborn, it takes a lot of effort.
So, if you’re stocking up on sugar, flour, toilet paper, and the like, don’t forget the yeast—but not just the kind you buy.
