OK. I know. I've got to stop blogging about communion, but it's just so darn fascinating (what with the greatest sacrifice and salvation and all). Spoke to some folks at Grace yesterday (that's the name of the church, not G-Chapel, and not G-Fellowship of Chelmsford) and apparently, communion juice is white every week (resisting urge to make white joke right now... it's... so... hard) because of an issue of practicality. White grape juice stains less.
Pragmatic and open-minded, yes, a church of imaginative people who don't need artificial colouring to remind them of the blood of Christ. The idea is refreshing but a bit of a cop-out, too, don't you think? For the past two thousand years, every other church in the world has accepted grape stains as a risk they must take to celebrate the new covenant. Why can't Grace? Interested to hear you weigh in on this pointless debate. And by hearing you weigh in (because there are so many yous out there and you are all so vocal), I really mean me rehashing both arguments in my mind. It keeps me awake at work. Tomorrow, I get to file for my supervisor.
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