Loaf and
cup call your name,
pleading
for you to become
one with
something larger than self,
something
that both precedes you
and will
far outlast you.
Give up
the small self
that
knows and controls,
but also
hides and fears.
Receive
the bread and wine
that pull
you into both
your own
pain and suffering
and the
world's, but also
bid your
fractured shards to rise
into the
family of faith,
to both
eat and drink grace
and
become food for those
whose
brokenness dares
to come
out of hiding
in the
presence of yours.
Yes, rise
by dying,
not on
your own terms,
but those
of Love, because
it is the
only path to resurrection,
the
shared hope for all of creation.
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| Photo by Todd Jenkins |
It is very important in my faith journey to be a member of a congregation which observes open communion. Thank you, Todd, for leading such a congregation.
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