resurrection meals

Eating together is an intimate act.
Theologian and social psychologist Jean-Claude Sagne suggests that the meal develops close relationships because it promotes equality among those who otherwise might not share a similar social identity. Sociologist Georg Simmel offers that eating bonds people together in a physical and social sense because all humans share the need to eat and drink.

cultureKendall VandersliceApril 6, 2016resurrection, commensality, eating, eastertideComment

death, a presupposition of resurrected life

We don’t much like to talk about death. In an age where medical breakthroughs extend life far beyond what has historically been possible, death becomes an ever-present fear. Death means loss and mourning; it means great unknown. In a linear trajectory of life, death is the end of the game.

faithKendall VandersliceMarch 31, 2016easter, death, resurrection, transformationComment