Eating with Jesus

How stunningly clever was our Lord when he chose the simple act of eating to remind us of him and his love! Breaking bread and drinking wine—every day’s most basic behaviors— Jesus selected to bind his followers to one another and to himself. “As often as you do this,” he said, “do it in memory of me.” Can you think of a holier time in your life than when you come to the table of the Lord? In the devotional essays in this issue, Senior Editor Gene Shelburne bids us to consider the vast implications of eating with Jesus.