“Miraculin.” If you haven’t heard of it before, you’ll no doubt hear of it in the future. In fact, you will probably be invited to a “miraculin” party someday.

“Miraculin” or “miracle fruit” is a small berry that grows on a plant in West Africa that looks like a rhododendron. The technical name is the “Synsephalum dulcificum” plant. It looks somewhat like a cranberry, or when unripe a coffee bean, and has a slightly citrusy taste. [If you can order some in advance from this website, and get people to try it as part of your sermon, or after the service, so much the better. Check out www.miraclefruitplus.com]

But the “miracle” about this “miracle fruit” is not what it tastes like. The miracle is what it makes everything else taste like.

Hold the berry in your mouth for thirty seconds, che…