My old friend Will
McFarlane told me this one recently…
When I was on staff at a large church in North Carolina a
few years back, the hyper-fundamentalist streak ran deep with some of the parishioners. On a Sunday after our quarterly
communion service, one particularly staunch and highly opinionated little ol’
“church lady” was complaining to me about the flavor of the grape juice being a
bit too sweet.
As she continued her intense assessment about how this was
hardly acceptable, and a real affront to a God-honoring worship service, with a
chuckle I interjected something to lighten the mood. “You know, ma’am, Christ
himself conducted the very first Eucharist using and drinking wine as the holy
substitute.”
“Yes, I know,” she lamented. “And I think less of Him for it!”
