6.07.2004
Correction: "I hesitated before I put the piece of bread in my mouth, two totally incongruous thoughts intersecting in my brain: the first was that I found myself questioning for the first time in my life whether or not I actually felt up to the challenge of receiving communion, that it was not simply the symbolic act of taking sustenance from Christ, but also a self-implication in a mystery. To partake is to take part, is to become one with. The other, non-sequitur thought was that with everyone raising these shotglass-sized cups in unison, it looked as though the church was participating in a large-scale drinking contest, and I had to resist the urge to slam the empty cup down on the table, wipe my chin with my sleeve, and say, "Ahhhhhhhh.""