mls@dasys1.UUCP (Michael Siemon) (07/15/89)
William Gardner writes:
+ Dogen's discussion clarified an important experience I'd had
+ years before. A minister handed me a piece of bread and told
+ me that it was "The body of Christ, broken for you." I looked
+ at her face and saw that it was.
Thanks. That matches in some measure my own path. Some 17 years
ago I took part, out of musical and historical motivations, in
services recreating mid-16th century Anglican worship. I found
something in that encounter stronger than aesthetic or intellectual
"interest". And when I moved with the assistance of some of these
same people into the 20th century life of the Church, the presence
was all that much stronger.
Communion remains the center of my encounter with Christ.
--
Michael L. Siemon Inflict Thy promises with each
Occasion of distress,
That from our incoherence we
May learn to put our trust in Thee