Communion Unconfined

Handpicked blueberries and Nectarines
given to Miah and Kaylani for their
wedding top a tostada made by
Claire for Sunday dessert.
(9/4/11)

I've been pondering thoughts inspired by a post Kendal wrote a while back called "sunday times." The post described a dinner he prepared for our family at The Keep. "I find this act of us eating together a core thing that has brought us all together," Kendal writes. "I understand what communion is and that it is something Jesus told us to do often, but in all honesty the act of communally eating a meal with others is so much more spiritually filling than eating a piece of pre-cut bread dipped in some nasty grape juice..."

Communion is a fellowship experience; a celebration of Jesus' life, and the restoration of Humanity's relationship with God that his death accomplished. 


Communion is not a ceremony.


The following images depict communion experiences I've had with my family.

Josiah helps prepare a soft taco
extravaganza for Sunday dinner
at The Keep. (8/21/11) 

Kendal prepares his hookah to share
as an after-dinner continuation of
 our communion gathering.
(8/21/11) 

The crew shares hookah and Star Trek together
at The Keep while digesting dinner. (8/21/11)

Claire concocts a tostada (see above
image) topped with figs and sweet
chevre cream to share with
 friends. (9/4/11)

Family, meet family. Communion gathering at Vic's Pizzeria
 following Kaylani and Miah's wedding rehearsal. (8/27/11)
photo by: Teresa McLain

After-wedding celebration/fellowship/grub at Mud Bay Coffee.
(8/21/11)
photo by: Teresa McLain 

sunday times

so most of the time we all get together and hav dinner sunday nites at The Keep and kinda just chill and hang out its more of a party most of the time.. well tday wus my day off and i took liberty of that buy playing pokemon for qwite a wile befor i gave Claire a call to let her know whut wus going down with dinner for the nite, i had maid dough the other day and figurd i could make some pizza. and i did just that.. after geting drest and the sorts i whent and got esspresso from Mudbay and heded to The Coop aka the Olympia Food Co-op a local groshry store wher i do my shoping. half the fun of going ther is the very crowded enviroment full of very interesting caricters meny (excuse me) and (im just guna sqweez by)s are exchanged along with a smyel and goofy little shufel, but after hangeing around ther for a good hour paking my bag with multipul nesesitys and filling jars with bulk foods i cheked out with my as usual qwite perky cashir i stuffed evrything into the sadel on my scooter holding the exses in my bag over my sholder as i vencherd home to get started on dinner .....

so a few hours hav past and tday ther is ownly the compony of Claire, Kaylani, Jossy, and me theres usuly around 8 people at The Keep sunday nites but some wher sick and others wer at work.. so three pizzas wer split between the 4 of us one of wich i wus qwite fond of containting whole weat dough, a herb oil saus, mozarella, amish gorganzola, parmisan, brind olivs, whole clove garlic, carmilzed red onyon, salamie from a local farm, and pine nuts.. oh my gosh freeking good stuf.. we'r all prity much foodys so good food and lots of it is one of our things ... i love eating with all thees folk i find this act of us eating together a core thing that has brot us all together, i understand whut comunian is and that it is somthing Jesus told us to do often, but in all onisty the act of comunaly eating a meal with others is so much more spirtchuly filling then eating a peas of pre cut bred diped in sum nasty grape juice.. we partake in comunion buy comunaly feeding eachother and eating together close to if not evry day. partaking in comunan i would say is a big part of whut we do together