Shadow Meal: Reflections on Eucharist, by Michael McNichols
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Many Protestant Evangelicals struggle to find meaning in the Lord's Supper. There may be theological positions to be held and certain religious protocols to be observed, but for many the Eucharist remains merely a symbol of remembrance and as such, an elusive connection to the table of Jesus. As new conversations take place about the emerging and missional church, the value of the ancient practices of the church are seeking new expression. However, since many in these conversations come from non-sacramental backgrounds, the Eucharist can easily become a utilitarian addendum to alternative church experiments. In reflecting on the invitation from Jesus, quoted by Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, to "do this," the question is asked, "What is this?" Shadow Meal challenges the idea that this is something containable or negotiable and suggests instead that this has much more to do with the invitation and presence of Jesus than it does with ecclesiastical practices or prescribed rituals. Shadow Meal seeks to offer Protestants some new images of the Eucharist and to foster a deeper appreciation of and connection to the presence of Jesus in the invitation to dine at his table. It offers new language to pastors and leaders who hope to find ways to frame the missional life of Christian faith for people whose lives cry out to be formed by the present reality of God's kingdom. "Like the Eucharist, Mike McNichols' Shadow Meal is a treat. In the style of Anne Lamott, Mike invites us on his journey to look at the table from many different angles. By the time you get through reading his musings, the table will look a lot bigger, some of the dinner guests will not look familiar, and the menu items will be tastier. This book is one to be savored!" --Dennis Okholm author of Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants. "Mike McNichols takes a very mysterious part of our faith and turns it over and over like a gemstone so that it catches (and reflects) more Light. While Jesus invites us to the table, McNichols sets it, and shows us that there's plenty of room." --Dean Nelson author of God Hides in Plain Sight: How to See the Sacred in a Chaotic World. "In delightfully written prose, penetrating insight, and a keen wit, Dr. Michael McNichols examines his growing fascination and attraction to the Eucharistic mystery that is so deeply revered by Catholic Christians and so often overlooked by Evangelical Christians. Michael offers a fresh look at the power and presence of Jesus encountered in this simple meal that we call Eucharist. This book will bring valuable understanding to both Catholics and Evangelicals alike." --Peter Elder Hickman Presiding Bishop of the Ecumenical Catholic Communion Pastor of Saint Matthew Church, Orange, California Michael McNichols served for ten years as a pastor and is now Director of Fuller Theological Seminary's Regional Campus in Irvine, California. He is the author of The Bartender: A Fable about a Journey and a contributor to Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of the Atonement.
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From the Author Many Protestant Evangelicals struggle to find meaning in the Lord's Supper. There may be theological positions to be held and certain religious protocols to be observed, but for many the Eucharist remains merely a symbol of remembrance and as such, an elusive connection to the table of Jesus. As new conversations take place about the emerging and missional church, the value of the ancient practices of the church are seeking new expression. However, since many in these conversations come from non-sacramental backgrounds, the Eucharist can easily become a utilitarian addendum to alternative church experiments. As one raised and nurtured in Protestant, Evangelical, low-church environments, I have viewed the Lord's Supper as a symbolic and, therefore, essentially unnecessary ritual. In recent years, however, my perception of the Eucharist has been transformed by experiences in settings both Catholic and Protestant, both formal and informal, and the Eucharist has come alive in new ways. This book chronicles my own journey toward the table of Jesus. I use the image of the Lord's Table as a way of framing faith rather than consigning the Eucharist to a negotiable and rarely performed ritual. Through personal experience, humor and reflection I trace my own theological wanderings through the Eucharist from my early days as a Lutheran to my teens and young adult years in the holiness tradition to my later years in both charismatic and Catholic settings. Issues related to worthiness, exclusion, substance and protocol are explored in a spirit that attempts to enjoy the journey without demeaning others, yet seeking to find freedom and wholeness by responding to the invitation of Jesus, which comes to all by grace. In reflecting on the invitation from Jesus, quoted by Paul in I Corinthians 11: 23-26, to "do this" (i.e., eat the bread and drink the cup), I ask the question, "What is this?" I challenge the idea that this is something containable or negotiable and suggest instead that this has much more to do with the invitation and presence of Jesus than it does with ecclesiastical protocols or prescribed rituals. In short, personal chapters, this book seeks to offer Christians some new images of the Eucharist and to foster a deeper appreciation of and connection to the presence of Jesus in the invitation to dine at his table. It also attempts to offer new language to pastors who hope to find ways to frame the missional life of Christian faith for people whose lives cry out to be formed by the present reality of God's kingdom.
From the Back Cover Many Protestant Evangelicals struggle to find meaning in the Lord's Supper. There may be theological positions to be held and certain religious protocols to be observed, but for many the Eucharist remains merely a symbol of remembrance and as such, an elusive connection to the table of Jesus. As new conversations take place about the emerging and missional church, the value of the ancient practices of the church are seeking new expression. However, since many in these conversations come from non-sacramental backgrounds, the Eucharist can easily become a utilitarian addendum to alternative church experiments. In reflecting on the invitation from Jesus, quoted by Paul in I Corinthians 11: 23-26, to "do this," the question is asked, "What is this?" Shadow Meal challenges the idea that this is something containable or negotiable and suggests instead that this has much more to do with the invitation and presence of Jesus than it does with ecclesiastical practices or prescribed rituals. Shadow Meal seeks to offer Protestants some new images of the Eucharist and to foster a deeper appreciation of and connection to the presence of Jesus in the invitation to dine at his table. It offers new language to pastors and leaders who hope to find ways to frame the missional life of Christian faith for people whose lives cry out to be formed by the present reality of God's kingdom.
About the Author Michael McNichols served for ten years as a pastor and is now Director of Fuller Theological Seminary's regional campus in Irvine, California. He is the author of The Bartender: A Fable about a Journey, Atonement at Ground Zero: Revisiting the Epicenter of Salvation, and a contributor to Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of the Atonement.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. EUCHARISTIC MEDITATIONS FOR "MERE CHRISTIANS" By Grfegory H. Singleton EUCHARISTIC MEDITATIONS FOR "MERE CHRISTIANS"Just as C.S. Lewis presented MERE CHRISTIANITY by transcending denominational and theological fine distinctions (or flew under their radar--choose the image that works for you), so Michael McNichols wisely brings us into reflective encounters with Eucharist as experienced rather than wrangle with dead-end debates on how real "Real Presence" really is. In place of static definitions, McNichols places the Eucharist in the context of the complexities, ambiguities and contradictions of daily life. Conversely he also puts the complexities, ambiguities and contradictions of daily life in the context of the Eucharist. In so doing, he invites us to think about this "Shadow Meal" as a place where we meet one another in Christ, a place where we meet Christ in one another, and where we experience a foretaste of the feast to come.McNichols is an Evangelical theologian with considerable pastoral experience. The theologican is certainly present in these reflections, but the pastoral spirit dominates the substance and the style of this book. Some of McNichols fellow Evangelicals may have some problems with his mystical and downright sacramental perspective on Eucharist. Conversely, some Western Catholics, particularly those with a bent for scholasticism, may have difficulty with the lack of dogmatic definition. This Western Catholic Christian reviewer (with a slight touch of Eastern Orthodoxy in him) found the book both a delight and wonderfully instructive. I found food for thought at every page. Like the "Shadow Meal" itself, I was nourished not only when I partook, but the nourishment remains and I continue to contemplate the varied (and often humorous) reflections offered between the covers of this slim volume with huge implications.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Out in the open By Scott Carlsgaard I read Shadow Meal several months ago. Though I enjoyed the author's ability to share this journey through his eyes, what stayed with me was the shift in my own eyes. For the last few months I have intentionally looked for or prayed into my day the eyes to see the eucharist unfolding before me. In the course of any week I am ministering in prison and fellowshipping in one of the most affluent towns in the world and by the author's definition, eucharist is happening in both and every where between. I have found that to be observable and something I can participate in and occasionally initiate. I intend to get better at it.Jesus authored this extraordinarily relational means to "do this in rememberance of [him]". Mr. McNichols has, in an honest and open conversation, exposed my how/when/where bias for a communion rememberance taking place. Jesus initiated the event in the gospels. I see in Shadow Meal that Jesus still initiates how, when and where He chooses. This has challenged my Catholic youth and the rightly expressed holiness and solemn rite I'd been part of. This has not diminished the holiness of the event but has made every opportunity holy by His presence. At the risk of my own heart making the eucharist event some how common or profane in the open, I choose to participate in risk for an outcome that will bring another person to the table of fellowship.I encourage you to read Shadow Meal, have a glance at what could be going on around you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Reflections on The Shadow Meal By Cheri Hudspith This author and I have some things in common. We both have questions about The Lord's Supper. What is it? What is it's purpose? How do we discover the answers to that both in the observation of and the living out of our faith. His interactions with these questions reads like a very well thought out journal entry. It seems that once the author started asking the questions the environments for learning were endless... a conversation with his grandson, a meal with seminarians, filling in for another official and remembering the actions of his grandfather to name a few. A shed a few tears and I laughed out loud more than once. If I discover that someone in my circle is asking God some of the same questions, I will enthusiastically recommend this book.
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