Steve Shoemaker, 4/18/12

Front gate, Ganghwa Anglican Church

With traitors, cowards, doubters he sat down,

he took the bread, gave thanks, passed it around…

With Adam, Eve, and Sarah, Abraham,

with David and Bathsheba:  sinners all.

With you and me, with the whole human family,

he shared the holy cup of salvation.

The water, flour and heat (bread):

his body broken.  Then his blood was shared:

the fruit of the vine, pressed down, runs over

the land–ocean, flood, eternal river…

Give thanks for grace, for love, for mystery.

(Jesus):  This do in remembrance of me.