THE CASE FOR COMMUNION

RELIGIOUS OR NOT, A RITUAL CAN MAKE US FEEL CONNECTED

One of the saddest losses of those who have given up on the church is the loss of communion. Forget the sermons, forget the committees, and forget Sunday school. To have lost communion — that simple, sacred, mysterious moment of taking bread and wine, of being connected to something that bridges heaven and earth and binds humans as brothers and sisters now that is something to lament.

Of course, if you believe nothing is sacred, then you likely think nothing is lost. But if you believe that there is something