What happens when a shared meal becomes a spiritual transaction? Ancient stories about bread and wine became a theology of exclusion, but what if we reclaim the table for everyone?
Have you ever noticed how often rituals get turned into gatekeeping tools? What starts as a shared moment of memory or meaning can slowly become a system of judgment, where only the “worthy” are allowed in and the rest are left outside.
Welcome to Mythologizing the Bible, where we’ll be taking a look at three readings from the Christian Bible through the lens of “sacred myth.”
As we reflect on the readings for the Feast of Corpus Christi, we’ll explore the tension between belonging and exclusion, and between the symbolic power of ritual and the theological dogma that can drain that power of its underlying meaning.
In this episode, we’re asking an honest question: What happens when we stop defending supernatural claims and instead focus on the human values these stories can teach? Because maybe what makes a ritual sacred isn’t what we believe happens to the bread—but what we’re willing to do for one another once the meal is over.
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