When we read we who...
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When we read "we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the same loaf," do we believe what we read?
Sometimes we do see it. In a church as people came to the altar for communion, I saw old, beloved Tom come and kneel. Tom had few of the world's goods, but he was rich in his faith. The richest man in town was a member of my church, and he came and knelt beside Tom. I wanted to stand back and say to my people, "Do you see? Do you see?", but, of course, I did not.
By contrast, when I was in the Army as a chaplain's assistant, regularly on Sunday morning our commanding general, a three-star general, would come to chapel. I stood just inside the front door and the general regularly looked at me up and down to inspect my uniform. I wanted to say, "General, outside that door you can do that. Inside here we are all equal." I am sure he has since died and been made aware of his lack of understanding of the church.
-- Richardson
Sometimes we do see it. In a church as people came to the altar for communion, I saw old, beloved Tom come and kneel. Tom had few of the world's goods, but he was rich in his faith. The richest man in town was a member of my church, and he came and knelt beside Tom. I wanted to stand back and say to my people, "Do you see? Do you see?", but, of course, I did not.
By contrast, when I was in the Army as a chaplain's assistant, regularly on Sunday morning our commanding general, a three-star general, would come to chapel. I stood just inside the front door and the general regularly looked at me up and down to inspect my uniform. I wanted to say, "General, outside that door you can do that. Inside here we are all equal." I am sure he has since died and been made aware of his lack of understanding of the church.
-- Richardson
