Communion

 “Some people drink to forget. We drink to remember.” Some drink to numb the pain, to self-soothe amidst the wounds of life, even those that’ve gone unspoken. At the Communion table, however, we remember: In the presence of God, we remember what Christ has done for us, his body broken, his blood shed, a God wounded in order to heal us of our wounds. We remember where we’ve been—the dead-end roads and detours we’ve taken—as we come to a feast fit for our flourishing. Chewing on bread and sipping wine is an embodied act. Our bodies are implicated in God’s mysterious means of putting us back together again, of re-membering us, amidst divisions within and without. At this table, our shattered shards are reconnected by the One whose body was broken for us. At this table, we’re freed to live lives of wholeness, of shalom, going forward.”

“Henri Nouwen writes, “Our first and most important spiritual task is to claim God’s unconditional love for ourselves. To remember who we truly are in the memory of God. . . . That we are God’s beloved.”[20] This is the deeper challenge of God’s “Who told you?” In it, we hear God asking, “Whose voice are you listening to?” ”

Excerpt From

Healing What’s Within

Chuck DeGroat

https://books.apple.com/us/book/healing-whats-within/id6478753458

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Excerpt From

Healing What’s Within

Chuck DeGroat

https://books.apple.com/us/book/healing-whats-within/id6478753458

This material may be protected by copyright.