One of the highlights of the Urbana week was having communion with about 20,000 people.  Particating of the Lord's supper with people of various traditions, ages, socioeconomic statuses, and races/ethnicities reminded me of two things.  First, that singing black gospel music with people that clap on beats 1 & 3 is painful to the trained ear.  (I wish someone would have stopped for a brief teaching moment!... to whom it may concern... next time... clap on beats 2 & 4.)

On a more spiritually serious note, I was reminded about the theology of food. 

From the Old Testiment to Revelation, God encourages His people to feast and eat together.  Part of the joy of heaven is that we are invited to eat a feast with our King.

Brenda Salter-McNeil expressed the point that when someone invites a person to their dinner table to eat, they are saying that you are special to me and worthy enough to be honored.  God encourages us to eat with people who we wouldn't normally invite to our table to eat with.  It was great to eat and drink with 20,000 people of various ages, economic status, races, and ethnicities.  We were all equals.  We all had a need to eat and drink of Christ's provision.  Many of us know that we are equal in our heads, but we don't often get opportunities practice it because we are often with people that are like us.

I enjoyed the time of singing songs of different cultures and languages.  A band called Aradhna played worship songs in an Indian style and language.  It was awesome!  I was totally digging it.

I got a chance to hear and hang with Aradhna guys the previous day.  Their hearts and personality are as awesome as the music.

I'll share more about them later.  Meanwhile check out their site, by clicking on the following link.  Let me know what you think about the significance of eating and Aradhna's music.