Communion, even simply as an act of profound togetherness, has been literally life saving for me in my own journey. Yet one must not be satisfied merely with the milk of human kindness; the meat of this rite is in the connection with the dead.
Jesus told his disciples, “do this in remembrance of me.” What was the “this” of which Jesus spoke? Was it simply eating together or something more?
Living as one who is already dead has the power to move the Christian into a reality that is deeper than being a good person…
The baptismal font is not merely a bath, where we are washed clean of sin, but a moment of potential drowning.
…death will continue to grip our souls insofar as baptism is disconnected with death and the baptized do not hold death’s hand.
