Communion: the new covenant, and prepackaged wafer comedy
On communion: hosts reflect on Jesus' words — body broken, blood shed, the new covenant — and warn against the "unworthy to take it" trap, since the very sin it represents is what Jesus died for. Comedy follows: a church's prepackaged wafer-and-juice cups ("we threw those puppies away"), and the conference story where Ben ate a pat of butter thinking it was a mint while Dan watched.
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