Dead Metaphors, Part 2

October 29, 2014 by Eric Bodenstab in Reflection

Part 1 covered dead metaphors for sin. This second part will probably touch a little closer to home. We need to look at the dead metaphors we use to speak of how the church remembers Jesus' last meal with his followers before his arrest.

Concerning Communion

October 29, 2013 by Eric Bodenstab in Reflection

For those who blinked or got caught up in the celebrations around the election of the ELCA's first female presiding bishop, we also decided to start a conversation about communion. It should be obvious that this conversation interests me.

The Bipolar Church

June 25, 2013 by Eric Bodenstab in Reflection

The church, in its sacramental practices, is bipolar.