Can I be trusted?
I find it's often in the little things that my trustworthiness (or not) is revealed. It's taking pride in the little things that says a lot about us. I'm not a detail person so I need to work hard on this one.
The Holy Club focused on the Holy Communion very regularly, so it seems appropriate to look at this on Maunday Thursday.
The Fresh Expressions movement has rediscovered something important about the Last Supper that traditional churches often miss - it was actually a meal not just a crumb of bread and a sip of (in Methodist Churches non-alchoholic) wine. Relationships change when we eat together - they get stronger and deeper.
Of course the Last Supper was not just any supper - it was a passover meal. Jesus took a meal which is all about remembering and transformed it.
In a traditional passover meal, its the youngest boy who asks 'Why are we doing this?' (Actually a more structured set of questions but that's the gist of it.) It's the head of the house who explains the mighty acts of God in choosing and then saving Israel as his special people. The escape from Egypt is followed by 40 years in the wilderness because God's chosen people didn't have the courage to trust him.
Like many Jewish celebrations its a home-based thing - it's not about going to church/synagogue. A good reminder that the family is an important place for sharing and building faith.
In the Christian celebration we remember that God set us free, but we remember too that Jesus gave his life for us.
If God's way of saving us is about serving and sacrifice, then our way of following must be about serving and sacrifice too.
Bible passage to meditate on: John 17:20-26
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