Ask a bunch of Protestants what Holy Communion means, and they’re likely to respond with something about “remembering what Jesus has done for us.”   It’s not a bad answer.  After all, in Luke’s and Paul’s account of the Last Supper, Jesus instructs the disciples to “do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24).  But remembrance strikes only one note in the meaning of communion.  There’s more—not least the way that communion expresses and cultivates thanksgiving.  Communion is... Read more