“Today is World Communion Sunday, when Christians all over the world celebrate the Lord’s Supper — this great, big party to which God has invited all of us. Communion is being celebrated in every language and with all manner of bread and cup and with all kinds of people,” says Rev. Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. In today’s sermon based on Luke 15:25-32, the story of the Prodigal Son, Redwine says, “Like the older brother, we have to decide: will we show up? Even if the sibling we cannot stand is guaranteed to be there — as the guest of honor?” We don’t know what decision the older brother made, but we can decide whether to be like him or whether to take our seat at the table and allow God to feed us, regardless of who else shows up with us. All are invited.
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Amy Butler, is a former Senior Minister of the Riverside Church in New York City, Founder of Invested Faith, and a popular preacher, speaker, and writer. Visit her website at www.pastoramy.com
Michael Curry is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (USA), and the author of Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times
Brian McLaren is a speaker, an activist, and bestselling author of We Make the Road by Walking, Faith after Doubt, and his latest, Do I Stay Christian?
Will Willimon is a retired bishop in the United Methodist Church, a powerful preacher, and a prolific author. His most recent books include The Accidental Preacher and Stories by Willimon