Jesus Hosts a Dinner Party and You're Invited

When: Sunday
Where: Church
Menu: Bread and Wine/Grape Juice
What to bring: A humble and penitent heart, desire for community

Next week, I'll be taking communion and I'm really looking forward to it. Although I always argue that Christianity and partying are quite similar, this is the one time where practicing Christianity directly involves drinking. And eating too! There are good reasons why communion, which I prefer to call the Lord's Supper, is a central ritual in Christianity. First of all, who doesn't like sharing food and drink?

Who says it's dog eat dog?

Good Service

God's Kingdom is like a bar in so many ways. It's a fun place to be, it's open late, everyone is welcome, etc. Another huge similarity is the fact that neither would function without excellent service staff. Bartenders, waiters, waitresses, and host staff all exist to make sure that people are taken care of so that maximum fun can be had by all. All Christians are called to service in a similar way. Although we serve a different kind of spirits. lol.

A master of customer service

The Idolatry of the Martini

For crying out loud, a vodka martini is not a martini. And if a vodka martini isn't a martini, then some kind of "Viennese-caramel-and-sea salt-candied-apple-ganache-with-truffle-infused-alpha-wolf-urine martini" DEFINITELY isn't! I'm all for experimenting with different fancy and delicious drinks, but if it's not gin, vermouth, and an olive/lemon peel, don't call it a martini. I have a theory that restaurants and bars want to capitalize on the martini's popularity, classic appeal, and name recognition to market their own drinks. After all, you don't hear about about ewe milk and curacao white Russians, do you? This same trick gets pulled on God all of the time; calling things God that really aren't God. It's called idolatry.

Not a martini

Would Jesus Get Down on the 4th?

Three days ago was July 4th and apparently there were a lot of people tweeting about America being 2013 years old. It was actually Jesus who was born 2013 years ago and not America. However, confusing Jesus and America is a VERY common mistake these days. This is a blog about drinking so today I'm talking about the other kind of party politics. My question is this: if Jesus were alive today would he celebrate the 4th of July?

It hurts me to see this...