โ Scribed by Brooks, Abby
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In a world that is always online and in touch, relationships seem to be breaking down all around us. We need real connection to each other more than ever, and yet it's even further out of reach. How is it possible to remain full of hope when church and society seem to have lost it? How to find a stable centre within ourselves, and still be part of a meaningful, loving community? Sebastian Moore grapples with these questions again for the generation which has just discovered The Contagion of Jesus, one of the most widely discussed new works of theology published in recent years, and short-listed for the Michael Ramsey Prize. Sharing food creates community as nothing else can. Jesus shared food with friends in the family tradition, but he was doing something much more radical. He was creating a table at which everyone was welcome; the people on the social, sexual and economic margins were his chosen family and closest friends. Yet his death blew that apart.;1. Thursday evening : broken bread, broken bodies -- 2. Thursday night : the void in the garden -- 3. Friday afternoon : broken body on the cross -- 4. Saturday night : the tomb in the garden -- 5. Sunday morning : transformed body -- 6. Sunday morning : transformed body -- 6. Next week : beyond the garden.
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