I hope you have considered inviting someone who may seem disconnected to your home for a time of dinner and communion. MJ and I are continuing to experience great encounters with Jesus and His Body, with stronger and deeper connections. I encourage you to take that step and see what the Lord can do through you. This is something everyone can share in to grow stronger in the Lord and with one another.
“The more I know, the more I know I don’t know. And when I now know what I didn’t know, the more I don’t want to know.”
I’ve learned something about what happens when you write a book.
You keep learning things that you wish you knew before you wrote the book so that you could have added it to your book. In “Remembering Communion” a big takeaway is that we are the Body of Christ.
Not metaphorically—but literally—we are members of Christ’s body, blood-bought and spiritually joined to Him. I referred to Paul’s encounter on the road to Damascus: when Jesus confronted him, He didn’t say, “Why are you persecuting My followers?” He said, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” That moment reveals the profound truth that Christ so identifies with His Church, He sees no separation between Himself and His people.
This truth came alive again for me recently while reading 1 Corinthians 6:15–20. Paul writes:
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
This passage underscores the sacredness of our physical bodies—not just as vessels, but as temples of the Holy Spirit. We are not our own; we were bought at a price. Therefore, we are called to glorify God in both body and spirit, living in a way that reflects our union with Christ. I know we can sometimes be careless with how we treat ourselves—neglecting rest, health, or spiritual care. But when we truly grasp that we are members of His Body, it changes everything. That awareness invites us to live more intentionally, more reverently—because any harm or compromise to ourselves isn’t just personal, it touches the Body of Christ. With that perspective, we become more mindful, not wanting to bring any blemish or dishonor to what is sacred and shared.
