The Lord’s Table contains several well-known symbols. We all know the bread and the cup symbolize the body and blood of Christ, broken and poured out for us. But these are not the only symbols at the table. In 1 Corinthians 10:17, the Apostle Paul tells us the table also stands for the unity of the church.
17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of …
This Communion meditation was inspired by a portion of C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves
We often think that we have chosen our friendships and that we have done so because we’re really good at choosing good friends. In reality, just a few years difference in our births, a different job opening in another state, a different home on the opposite side of town—any of those chances would have kept us apart. But, for a Christian, …
COMMUNION MEDITATION
This past week, I spent two days on the road and ate more meals than I cared to eat from the seat of my car. While those meals might be necessary at times for an individual, the meal that we are gathered around now knows nothing of individualism and isolation.
This is a family meal; it is a communion because God made us members of new community he is creating in the resurrection …
COMMUNION MEDITATION
As we take hold of a piece of bread and a cup of juice, we must never forget that they symbolize a real body that was broken and red blood that was truly spilled.
Christianity is not a religion of religious symbols in hope of a real salvation. It is a real salvation with symbols which embody our hope.
As John Updike said in his Seven Stanzas for Easter:
Make no mistake: if …
In Luke’s account of the Last Supper, he tells us that:
And when the hour came, [Jesus] reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And [Jesus] said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
As much as he didn’t want to suffer, he still looked forward with eager expectation to have this meal with his disciples. And I have to tell you that I have earnestly …
