Name: The (Communion) Meal That Makes Us One with Jarrod Longbons | Episode 281
Uploaded: 2026-05-08T14:12:58.000Z
Duration: 3735
Description: What if communion was more than a ritual squeezed between the offering and the sermon? I sat down with the Reverend Dr. Jarrod Longbons, pastor of Peachtree...

What if communion was more than a ritual squeezed between the offering and the sermon? I sat down with the Reverend Dr. Jarrod Longbons, pastor of Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, to explore what it means for the church to be a Eucharistic community. Jarrod makes the case that the Lord's Supper isn't just a worship practice — it's a social imagination that can reshape everything from how we care for the unhoused to how we sit with people we profoundly disagree with.

Jarrod and I look into why the old model of church as a voluntary association is breaking down, what a eucharist-oriented church could look like, and how gathering around a shared table can bind people together in a world that keeps pulling them apart.

Shownotes:

When Institutions Fade: The Church As A Eucharistic Movement (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complex-creatures/id1774026524?i=1000741628827) (from Jarrod's Podcast, Complex Creatures (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/complex-creatures/id1774026524) )

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The (Communion) Meal That Makes Us One with Jarrod Longbons | Episode 281

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