Tag: communion
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Studying Matthew 26 17-30
What do we think of when we think of “the Last Supper”? Whatever it is, it is probably less than Matthew packed into his account of the event. The text we are studying for Sunday, April 10 – Matthew 26:17-30 – is packed with significant symbols and ambiguities and, we will probably find, personal meaning.…
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The Intersection of Abundance and Next to Nothing
When you think you have nothing to offer, remember … nothing is Jesus’s favorite thing to work with. Rev. Cindy Cushman, 08.02.2020 God’s “economy of abundance” was a favorite theme of one of our historic pastors. Sunday had me noticing some of the peculiarities of that economy. Maybe not a coincidence that the gospel text…
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Two Thoughts on Maundy Thursday
There are two different rituals associated with Maundy Thursday in the Christian tradition. One is foot washing, which commemorates the narrative in John 13. The other is the eucharist or holy communion or the Lord’s supper, which privileges the plot of the synoptics (Matthew 26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:14-23). Normally, we would participate in some…
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Even the Young Ravens Get to Eat
I cry in church a lot. I’m not the only one. Other people do it, too. We cry for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes because it’s just so beautiful, those words of that song, or that sermon. Sometimes because something touches a sad nerve, or a bittersweet memory. Or because we all of a sudden…
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Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
This morning, in our class discussion of Romans 2:1-12, we all agreed that it’s HARD not to judge people. “Don’t judge people” might not be exactly what Paul is saying in Romans 2 (although he will say that, exactly, in Romans 14). He’s just saying “you don’t have any excuse, then, because whenever you judge…
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Good Friday
When I was in our local nursing home/rehab facility recently, recuperating from a hip replacement and hoping to get all the feeling back into my left foot (still working on that), I had a hard enough time sleeping that I would leave the TV on in the room overnight … it helped, although I can’t…
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Reconciliation Needed Here
Maybe it is a sign of the times, but everything strikes me as a political comment these days. Here is the latest, which came to my attention while studying for an upcoming test: Around the Table of the Lord, God’s people are in communion with Christ and with all who belong to Christ. Reconciliation with…
Matters of Interpretation 