An Episcopal friend invited me to something cool at their church this evening.
Several Jews including a rabbi and a cantor came to show and teach the crowd how the Passover Seder ceremony and meal are traditionally done.
About three years ago, before I moved to Wilmington, a Christian Jew came one Sunday evening to my church at the time to explain how Jesus is in all the Passover symbolism. Tonight it was strictly Old Testament, and it ended by the rabbi proclaiming how Elijah will usher in the Messiah at some point in the future.
The contrast between the two was pretty interesting.
Tonight was also different in that we actually got to try the symbolic foods like the parsley dipped in salt water and some kind of red horseradish. And quite a bit of wine. Plus we had a nice meal prepared by the women in the church.
One of the oft repeated phrases the Jewish leaders said during the presentation was, "God's presence fills the universe." I think everyone can agree on that.
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