Thanksgiving Sermon -- Victual Ritual

Reading: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Deuteronomy gives a ritual for offering the first fruits of the harvest to God.  This ritual connects each person to the promise of God for the Land by remembering the salvation history that has gone on before them.  Ritual builds, forms and connects a community across time and space.  We see this most clearly in the sacrament of Holy Communion.