In my last post I suggested that accountability has too long been prescribed by the church and expected by people as a top down system. I also suggested that christian spirituality is a personal thing and that the expression of it is a natural thing that needs a personal integrity to it as opposed to the top down accountability that I mentioned before.
That said, and thankyou Dan for pointing out a massive hole in my argument, there is a need for people with different expressions of Christian faith and different opinions to gather regularly and share with one another, to dialogue, and offer opportunities that will challenge each other in their thinking and expression of faith. For me, my experiences of this challenge are becoming more and more centered around Communion.
The diversity of the people who share around the table can be incredible, it does not matter what faith expression you have, what religion, what practical theology you have, it is all brought to the table and shared as part of the community.
Unfortunately I think we can gather as the church with only like minded people and become too insular. I will do some more thinking and post later.
What do people think the subject of communion?
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Two create communion experiences:
1. In my first couple of months in Melbourne I ventured with an "emerging church group" to the coffee festival at South Bank, and shared in a communion of Latte and Shortbread. True to the Gospel and Relevant to the Culture.
2. In Vanuatu, living in a community on a remote island. We used a green-ish coconut. We took it from the tree, split open on a stick, and shared in the flesh and the milk. Full of symbolism while being True to the Gospel and Relevant to the Culture.
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