Bread & Wine, is that all "it" is ..

Well recently it has been strongly suggested that I write blogs on a much more frequent basis, so while I was at work today I wrote this.

As some of you very well know I have been infatuated with reading lately, and more specifically books by Donald Millar.
I have just finished "Searching for God Knows What", and Millar presents an interesting view on communion. Now for me, I grew up knowing Jesus - at least in my head -, and when I was 5 years old I accepted Him into my life. Now I didn't take communion seriously until sometime in my early teens, but even then I would see it somes as just a snack to tide me over until lunch. Even when it wasn't viewed as a snack, I really didn't see what purpose it gave. That changed this past week, and it hit me this past Sunday.

I had to work during the morning services, so once I got home I started chatting with Sarah. She inquired if I was goign to go to the evening service, of course I replyed "no", as I was not wanting to go to church alone. So she was most graceious and siad she would listen to ther sermon again [thanks Sarah!], so I went.

Now I have never been to an evening service at McKernan, so it was something dreastically new. The whole service was great, but I want to focus on the comunion part of it. So, Pastor Lyle brought out the bread and the juice, and set up 4 station in the front of the church. He proceeded to tell us that when we were individually ready to come up and take the elements, and then eat then whenever you were ready. It was just so much more intamite, personal, and refreshing!

I'm sure that you are wondering when I am going to talk about Millar's book, and what it has to do with this blog. Well I am going to talk about it now, and he mentioned a view on communion that I think is totally right, and totally revolutionary! He [Millar] talks about the way he envisioned the apostles taking communion. He says that they probably all got togeather, grabed a chunk of bread, and a glass of wine. They then proceeded to talk about Jesus, the times they spent with Him, the things He said, the jokes He made [I am fully convinced Jesus made jokes!]. There would have been times when they got a bit choked up or emotional; but it wasn't always this solum or individual of an affair.
So thats that!

On a side note [this is now totally unrelated to comunion], I have been wanting to write a blog about something else that I have noticed reccently. At the beginning of September I was doing tests up in the University area [HRIF - East], and these guys were terrible! Not as in the work they were doing, but in what they were saying. Every girl that walked by, they gawked at. It was terrible! I hated listening to it! I felt horrible for those girls and women; these "men" - and I use that word very loosly - were disrespecting these women so horrendeously. So I want to say that I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you women are treated like that, that you are just pieces of meat the these boys.

So there are a few thoughts. I hope that they hit home. God Bless!

In Christ,

Andrew. Browne.