Mailbag: Communion Alone? Living in Light of the Resurrection? Do I Have to Join a Church, and more!
- Kaitlyn Schiess
- 6 days ago
- 1 min read
It’s a mailbag episode, and Kaitlyn is taking on a wide range of listener questions about church, communion, and Christian formation. Is it okay to take the Lord’s Supper by yourself at home if your church only celebrates it once a month? What does it actually mean to “live in light of the resurrection”? And how much theological training should pastors and ministry leaders have before stepping into leadership? Plus, Kaitlyn and Mike wrestle honestly with what to do when every church near you feels too casual, too shallow, or just not what you hoped for.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:33 - Can You Do the Lord’s Supper Alone?
11:21 - Living in Light of the Resurrection?
17:22 - Importance of Being “Theologically-Trained”
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26:20 - When Do You Leave a Church?
41:23 - End Credits
I truly love this podcast if for no other reason than Kaitlyn's great gift of distilling great theological truths in easier to understand terms for those of us who struggle with such things.
Using Producer Mike's allusion to infant baptism as a preference, I would love to hear more of your thoughts on infant baptism versus child dedication.
I for one avoided infant baptism for my children (much to my mother-in-law's dismay) in favor of child dedication thinking there was too much spiritual blessing attributed to infant baptism such as salvation prior to adulthood. By contrast, I took process of child dedication to be much like wedding vows, my family and my church family committing to raising my children with…