The Ground of Being (GOB) is notoriously shy to show Him/Her/Itself to his/her/its worshipers—indeed, since he’s nothing like a human, we might not even recognize him were he to show up. After all, he could look like a painting by Rembrandt, a spring daffodil, and, verily, even our own minds when we do a bit of algebra.

That’s probably why The GOB had to send us Jesus, who, although part of God, had a recognizably human form. But Jesus came back only once, about 2000 years ago. Since then, for reasons known best to The GOB, he’s returned only back as various patterns on tree trunks, on tortilla, and now, just last Friday, on a pancake!

CBS2 in Los Angeles has the story, plus a great video that I can’t embed, so go see it. The story:

Karen Hendrickson, the owner of Cowgirl Café, said a server initially noticed the biblical figure show up in the breakfast favorite on Good Friday. “He’s got a mustache and a beard, and it looks like he’s got a receding hairline here,” she said. Hendrickson said the night before the pancake showed up on the grill, she asked God for something. “I said, ‘Dear God, please just continue to look over the Cowgirl Café,’” she said. Employee Edgar Ceja also sees the image of Jesus. “I did see the face. To me, it’s impressive because it was on Good Friday, and I don’t really see that very often,” he said. While some people see Jesus, others think the face resembles other figures. “Some people can see Jesus. Some people are saying it looks like Abraham Lincoln or a hillbilly. Some people are even saying it looks like Charles Manson,” Hendrickson said. Regardless, the pancake is being saved in the freezer. “He’s still on the same plate he was when he was put up on the window,” Hendrickson said. “I plan on keeping Jesus on this plate and preserving him so I can share him with everybody.”

By “share,” I presume they don’t mean “douse with maple syrup and tuck into him,” even though Catholics do something similar every Sunday. And they really shouldn’t keep the pancake in the store, for it could be stolen. Remember that Jesus on a grilled cheese sandwich fetched $20,000 on eBay! (See below.)

Actually, he looks a lot like Charles Manson to me:

Here’s a short video of religious historian Lisa Bitel showing other examples of Jesus and his family on food items. Note that there’s another Jesus-in-a-flapjack. It’s replicated, so it must be real.



