Communion Beyond Words

Over the centuries the church has fussed and argued over exactly how Jesus is present in the bread and wine. … I don't think propositional understanding ...

Communion and the Sermon

The sermon should serve, not dominate in the church. It should serve the presence of Christ which we celebrate in the Eucharist.

—Wolfhart Pannenberg, ...

We Do Not Come to Christ Alone

Communion is not an event in which autonomous individuals have parallel religious experiences. We do not come to Christ alone but with and through one ...

Communion According to Paul

According to Paul, it was not truly the Lord's Supper unless everyone from any social status ate it together, signifying equal inclusion. Bread and wine ...

Every Meal a Sacrament

Before you "break bread," give thanks. Allow every meal to be sacramental, where physical matter provokes spiritual reflection.

—Dan Schmidt, Taken by ...

Jesus Left Us a Meal

What Jesus gave us when he left us was a meal. Don't ever forget that the "high tea" that most of us do once a month or so with a little tiny piece of ...

"Lord of the Rings": The Horn of Salvation

There’s a place in Lord of the Rings, my favorite novel, where the hobbit Pippin is standing at the gates of the city, and in comes the great witch ...

The Feast That Cost Everything

There's a wonderful story by Isak Dinesen called Babette's Feast, about a strict, dour, fundamentalist community in Denmark. Babette works as ...

New Age Intellectual Finds Christ

Mary Poplin, professor of education and Dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University, attended a Methodist church as a child, ...

Homeless Man's Hymn Becomes a Powerful Testimony

In A Cup of Coffee at the Soul Café, Leonard Sweet tells the story of the making of a film by two Londoners. In 1971 they began to film street ...