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It’s OK to do the Jesus-y Things (Lesson #5: Deconstructing Faith on the Road to Emmaus)

It’s OK to do those Jesus-y things while deconstructing faith. Because it is WHAT WE DO that activates WHAT WE KNOW. In other words, can we normalize continuing to follow how Jesus lived while we deconstruct, rather than putting on a practical agnosticism or atheism? Too often I’ve know people who have genuine questions and […]

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How Not To Discern the Body of Jesus

What Do You See? What we expect to see is often what we end up seeing.  Expectations are everything. And changing them is hard.   The same is true for Communion, or the Lord’s Supper, or the Eucharist (depending on your tradition).   Paul tells not to eat or drink of the Lord’s Supper “without […]

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Telling the Story: The Eucharistic Prayer

Last month, at the Ecclesia National Gathering, I had the privilege and honor to preside over communion for the whole group. I led through the time as we usually do here at Life on the Vine, but many people not from a more liturgical background asked about the prayer leading into the Table.  Many commented […]

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Christ in Circulation: The Eucharist and Money

Last week I was in LA at the Wesleyan Philsophical Society.  I presented a paper on “Christ in Circulation: The Eucharist and Money.”  The abstract is below and then after the break is the paper.  If you are interested then you should definitely also check out Jason A. Coker’s post on a similar topic: The […]