Communion Meditations - Becoming Closer [PDF]

A full year of communion meditations, short in style but (we hope) long in substance.

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Communion Meditations B ECOMING C LOSER Home Search Slaughter of the Innocents Leaves For Whom? Folding the Laundry Line in the Sand

(2006)

Home Over the years that the Becoming Closer web site has been in operation, one item continually draws the most attention (and download): Communion Meditations. It is evidently so rare a topic that, as of this writing, submitting the phrase "communion meditations" to Google pops this site up in first place. (That varies, but we're almost always on the first page of results). One can only conclude that there is a dearth of communion meditations available. This series, originally published in 2006, is kept on line so that you might have more to select from. Please remember: freely you have received, freely give. You may use these meditations for any non-profit Christian purpose; if published, please cite this web site as the source. Downloads: Communion Meditations. (PDF, Kindle or e-pub formats; order paper copy here.) This is the edition that contains over 300 meditations.

For those who would like a paper copy of the first seven volumes of communion meditations (in one volume) it's available (at our cost, no profit) by clicking the blue button. The material is exactly the same as in the PDF download.

Clearing the Closet

Slaughter of the Innocents

Communion Meditation on the slaughter of the innocent children when Christ was born.

Leaves

As leaves die as they break off from the branch, so do Christians who break off of Christ - even when it's cool to do so.

For Whom?

Christ died for the weaker brother; the just and the unjust; the helpless ungodly; and you and me.

Folding the Laundry

Using ordinary things to set things in order.

Line in the Sand

The "Great Divide" - how Communion separates the church from the world.

Clearing the Closet

God knows what’s in your closet—and in your heart. Cleaning the closet is good; cleaning the heart is required.

Railroad Trains

Using metaphor and life example we can understand the theology behind Communion.

Separation Anxiety

Tests by which you can discern whether or not your participation in Communion is sincere or just show.

Oil Change

Cleaning Your Glasses

Eye of the Hurricane

As your glasses need to be cleaned frequently, so you must clean the instrument needed to see God - the pure heart.

Harmony

Harmony in a barbershop quartet; harmony in marriage and harmony in the church.

On Currency

Oil Change

Dealing with red lights, both automotive and personal.

Eye of the Hurricane

Cling to the Rock; the hurricane has no power over it.

On Currency

The Treasury Department goes to great lengths to combat counterfeiters; so likewise does Christ in dealing with counterfeit Christians.

Perfect Harmony

How Christ is the perfect picture of God - and Communion the picture of his sacrifice.

Hands

Hands - worker's hands; thinker's hands; careless hands; hands with nail prints in them.

On the Incarnation

How the Incarnation is necessary to the Cross.

Music

How classical music calls up the holiness of God, his mercy and his glory - and how these are fit reminders for Communion.

Melchizedek

Melchizedek - the mysterious king and priest who brings bread and wine to Abraham.

Before and After

The sense of being rushed at Communion makes us long for the reverence we have abandoned.

Fellowship Offerings

The concept of a fellowship offering, a gift of love, and how we might present such a thing at Communion.

Scale Models

Boys make airplane models; David was given a model for the Temple; Communion is the model of Christ's death.

Waiting Lounge

How watching faces in an airport waiting lounge resembles a congregation preparing for Communion - and the lessons we can learn from this.

Alone

How Communion time should start with self-examination, confession, repentance and then praise.

Woman in the Crowd

How power goes out from Jesus - even at Communion.

What A Friend!

How we are all equal in Communion; how we should use that to reach out to others.

Woman in the Crowd

Far Away Places

How this world is not our home - and praise and thank the one who made this so.

Masquerade

Masks - everyday, accidental and those we think so necessary - must come down at Communion.

What a Friend!

Not Alone

How the Christian is never alone - and Communion is proof of that fact.

Far Away Places

Grace and Power

He ate with sinners so that you might know his grace and power - and the love he showed at its penultimate at the Cross.

Last Day of Your Life

We do not know the date for the last day of our lives; thus, be ready any day. Communion offers the opportunity for repentance.

Not Alone

Epidemic

The existence of yellow sticky notes reminds us that we forget; thus we have notes, reminders, memorials and rituals to help us remember.

Grace and Power

Teeth Cleaning

Like getting your teeth cleaned regularly, self-examination and repentance at Communion prevent trouble.

Skyscraper Fish

A small boy meets koi, and gives us a lesson on differing perceptions.

Last Day of Your Life

Wait For Each Other

Paul's command to wait for each other at Communion has deeper meaning than first appears.

Amateur Theatricals

How the enemy uses deception on us; how Communion let's us see the light of the truth.

Railroad Trains Separation Anxiety Cleaning Your Glasses Harmony

Perfect Harmony Hands On The Incarnation Music Melchizedek Before & After Fellowship Offerings Scale Models Waiting Lounge Alone

Masquerade

Epidemic

I Know My Redeemer Lives We celebrate "until He comes" - when the dead shall rise to face justice.

Teeth Cleaning

Yearbook

Memories of lost loves, old friends and enemies come at Communion too.

Skyscraper Fish

Misery and Chains

Only Christ can break the chains of sin.

Homecoming

How Communion is a form of homecoming; meeting again with our heavenly Father.

Do Your Worst

Vengeance, greed and envy are viewed in proper context at Communion.

The Fireman

Communion, like the fire marshal, prevents fires - the fires of Hell.

The Old Man's Gesture

How the small actions of life are used to send large messages.

Remorse and Reconciliation

How reconciliation is always costly - to the reconciler.

Communion Service

By Christ's example we are guided; by His sacrifice we are saved.

Yearbook

Apostrophe

Misery and Chains

That Communion belongs to Christ; that is it unique - and that it is the meal that commemorates his sacrifice on the Cross.

His and Ours

Comparing the people Christ forgave while on the Cross and those we need to forgive.

Night of the Candles

Obedience turns the new Christian into a veteran one.

In Simplicity, Sublime

In the simplest service to God, we find the sublime (Matthew25:31-46). In the simplest of materials (bread and wine) we find the sublime God gives.

Late Night, Early Morning

In Communion there is no junk food.

Trifling With Simplicity

Communion can be served in elaborate ways, but in its essence it is a simple meal.

The Betrayer

Comfort from the way Christ treated Judas Iscariot at the Last Supper.

The Incarnation

Concerning the supreme miracle, the Incarnation, the baby in the manger came with a purpose.

Wait For Each Other Amateur Theatricals I Know My Redeemer Lives

Homecoming Do Your Worst The Fireman The Old Man's Gesture Remorse & Reconciliation



Communion Service Apostrophe His and Ours Night of the Candles In Simplicity, Sublime Late Night, Early Morning Trifling With Simplicity The Betrayer The Incarnation Author: John Hendershot Views expressed do not represent the teaching of any particular church. Copyright © 2015, All Rights Reserved.

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