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Welcome to LAST SUPPER RED!!

What if laughter and hilarity are sacred? Might prayer be less about words and more about how we position ourselves before Mystery? What if God is less like Santa Claus and more like air? What if we are defined more by "Original Blessing" than "Original Sin?" Would Christianity flourish if we followed Jesus instead of worshipping him? What if "the Kingdom of God" has much less to do with the hereafter and is instead a here-and-now countercultural idea and reality with political and economic consequences?

Welcome to LAST SUPPER RED!!

Q doesn't develop a whole lot of ideas in this Dialogue.

So we invite readers of an appropriate age to pour themselves a glass of their favorite wine before reading the next, very lengthy chapter.

Of course you don't need wine. Water, milk, coffee, tea, soft drinks . . . anything will do!

But you'll appreciate being hydrated for what lies ahead in the next two chapters!

Q again plunges his main characters into an extensive theological discussion. At least they don't end up alienating each other this time.

What do you make of Phyllis Tickle's idea about the church having a rummage sale on its doctrines every 500 years or so? (see Footnote 9 on Page 45.) If it's true, should it happen at all? Should it happen more often? Are we living in such a time today? If so, what do you think the church needs to get rid of?