Etymologically, the word for companion is derived from the Latin com, meaning “with” or “together”, and panis, meaning “bread”. Literally speaking, a companion is someone who shares bread with another. To be a companion of Jesus is to be someone who shares in Christ’s lifegiving bread.
Communion
Shedding My Labels
Labels are a fickle thing. They do not describe what, or whom, they are intended to describe. Instead, they speak only of preconceptions, assumptions, and judgements. Is anyone truly the label they are associated with? If I’m not progressive enough for the progressives, or evangelical enough for the evangelicals, what does that make me?
