They help me understand one meaning of a corporate membership. Membership is not a thing. It is a relationship. When we help another listen to the Holy, when we hold a hurt, satisfy a hunger, put ourselves at the disposal of others Christ is in our midst. Then a faith in Jesus dances with the faith of Jesus in these ways.
Paradox is the nature of spirituality.
We are both unique and united. Recommitment is a most personal and individual choice that we make together. Each of us will affirm our community ritual. But even this personal choice is a relationship we have with the living God. In the Spirit we are reminded that love of the Sacred involves love of neighbor.