Nothing is as satisfying as a good meal when you’re hungry. Most of us are blessed to have full refrigerators and stocked pantries. It’s easy to grab a snack any time of the day the stomach growls. But what about spiritual hunger? Jesus said if we believe on Him and go to Him we would never go hungry, for He is the “bread of life.” “And Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.’” (John 6:35) Any time we find ourselves…
Forty-five years ago this summer, man landed on the moon. What the media didn’t tell us on that historic occasion was that the first food eaten, and the first liquid poured on the moon were the communion elements of bread and wine. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin chose to commemorate the awe and wonder of the moon landing in a way he found personally meaningful—by partaking of Holy Communion. He later wrote about the experience for Guideposts magazine saying: “. . . Neil would give the signal to step down the ladder onto the powdery surface of the moon. Now was the moment…