Consuming Communion



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This piece on the Killing the Budda website is a totally worthwhile read about the evolution (diminishment?) of Communion wafer production. It touches upon the corporation vs. the convent (read as WalMart vs. your local shop), specialty wafers for the gluten-intolerant (yay!), nasty marketing wars, and even the theology of the wafer vs. bread as Christ. Super interesting for the theologian in me. Also pretty interesting to consider as a Christian consumer of, um, Jesus in the sacrament of the Eucharist. Now to look into Eucharistic wine trends and the theo-ethical implications there--nothing really says blood-of-Christ quite like a full-bodied (pardon the pun!) Cabernet Sauvignon. No blanc about it.