eat now. understand later - or agreeing with Maggi

Maggi's blog the last few weeks has been an unmissable place to visit. Today's she has blogged again on the eucharist and children. I really like the title: eat now. understand later. The whole issue of eucharist and children has been one with being discussing as a church leadership. We've reached a good compromise (see Maggi's post on disagreement), although in all honesty I still veered to Maggi's way of thinking.  Oh to be an Anglican and have infant baptism. I'm a Baptist heretic on this one. I struggle theologically to find a place for children, especially those who grow up in the church family, in baptist ecclesiology. We can't help but exclude them or perhaps ironically de-position baptism. Theologically baptism should come prior to eucharist, but it all gets confused in baptist churches. Eucharist should be a place for anyone who wants to encounter God.

Comments

[maggi]

Hey andy. This one has got me thinking again. I've added another bit to the conversation over at my place about whether you can choose a sacrament for yourself or whether it's administered by the Church. Come and tell me what you think

[brodie]

andy - as a fellow baptist I think baptists in general have a very shallow understanding of baptisim (no pun intended). I think part of the "problem" is that we over emphasise the symbolic aspect of what we're doing.