In many modern churches, communion happens once a month—if that. And yet, when Christians actually stop to take communion, the act is quietly explosive. It’s countercultural precisely because it refuses to bend to the speed, individualism and self-focus of the world around us. In a world optimized for speed, where every app is designed to reduce friction, communion creates friction on purpose. Communion is the most countercultural thing Christians do because it confronts us with the one truth we’d rather avoid: we are not enough on our own.