Remembering Jesus?

I'm slow on the uptake with this one, but last week Mark Lauterbach did a stellar three-part series on communion--asking, what does it really mean to remember Jesus? He concludes that it looks a whole lot different from the somber, self-flagellating introspection that marks communion at most every church I've ever been a part of. As with most things he writes, I read it and go, "Duh! Of course! Why didn't I get this before--and why don't more people get this?"

Here's an excerpt of the third post:

...we begin with the cross to see our sin. The call to examine ourselves in 1 Corinthians 11 can be done by starting with the Savior bleeding on the cross-- suffering the forsakenness by God, being made sin for us, being made a curse for us, having all our sins laid upon him, being crushed by the Lord. From there I see my sin in the presence of God's grace and justice -- what sort of vile thing is sin that it requires this? What sort of love that he should die for me?

At the foot of the cross my sin is seen more clearly than at the foot of Mt Sinai, because at the foot of the cross we have the fullest revelation of the glory of God in history -- and it is in the presence of his glory that I see my sin most clearly. And the cross reveals the love and mercy of God in a way that melts my heart.

Do yourself a favor and go read the rest. I am pretty sure I, for one, won't be taking communion in the same way next time.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3