Thousand Acre Church

I’ve been ingesting a stimulating book on the meal practices of the early church titled Of Widows and Meals: Communal Meals in the Book of Acts.  I’m getting close to the end of the book, and I keep getting smacked around by these questions:

If sharing meals was important to Jesus, then why isn’t it as […]

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I’m still talking about communion here.  “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”  So,… Eating the Lord’s Supper is how we proclaim the Lord’s death.  Huh?  How do you proclaim the Lord’s death by consuming saltines and grape juice?  I’m not saying […]

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The question that I can’t dismiss is this, “If sharing meals was so central and characteristic to the mission of Jesus and the first century Church, then why don’t we eat together anymore?”
I mean, I hardly catch more than four meals a week at the dinner table with my OWN family, and WE ARE INTENTIONAL  […]

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I just can’t help it… There are some discussions among friends about communion, and I’ve got to throw in my two chips worth of ideas.  Except its more than two chips… its more like a hundred chips, so I’ve got to reply with blog posts instead of blog comments.  You can check out their thoughts on their […]

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