jesus wants to save christians

the Eucharist confronts its culture with the question, if we can spend a trillion dollars on a war, what else could we spend a trillion dollars on?

water?

food?

medicine?

education?

the Eucharist is about converting all of that ability and energy and entrepreneurial skill and can-do attitude into blessing for those on the underside of power. those on the margins. those who aren't in the game.

the Eucharist is about people with the power empowering the pwerless to make a better life for themselves.

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we have been given everything we need for the fulfillment of the story. and the act of loving the poor is an act of fulfilling, remembering; it's living our hope; it's the fullness of him who fills all things in all ways.

it's not a building, because no building can ever be big enough for that kind of grace.

the Eucharist is not fair.

giving to those who can't give in return, that's not fair.

serving those who have no way to serve in return, that's not fair.

breaking yourself open and pouring yourself out for people who may never say thank you, that's not fair.

because God is not fair. this is a God who is defined by action on behalf of the oppressed. God is about giving the good gift. Jesus is God's good gift for the healing of the world. the church is Jesus' body, a good gift for the healing of the world.

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a church is an organization that exists for the benefit of nonmembers.

this blessing extends even to our enemies.

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the Eucharist is about the church setting the table for the whole world.