Category: Eucharist
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Brief Book Review: The Art of Gathering
“The author’s commentary can open up the reader’s thinking about ways in which we’ve made this holy meal into something mundane and meaningless by obsessing over efficiency, hygiene, or narrow theological thinking.”
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Days of Prayer
Last Sunday was observed as Mission Sunday. Yet this is not, strictly speaking, a liturgical observance. I have often seen observances such as this take center stage at Sunday liturgies in parishes and I have always felt that this was wrong. (I have nothing in particular against Mission Sunday, I only give it as a…
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Amen Corner: The Fijian Meal Tradition
Could aspects of Fijian cultural meals be incorporated into the church’s eucharistic tradition?
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Longing to Belong
Recently, I returned to in-person worship.
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Brief Book Review: Why Can’t Church Be More Like An AA Meeting?
“The basic dynamics of AA meetings are set forth as those which could be utilized by Christian communities to encourage and continue to promote healthy community and interpersonal relationships.”
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Take and Eat
If we truly believe that the Eucharist is the source and summit, and our spiritual food for the work of discipleship, then we should not be putting obstacles in the way of people receiving it.
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One Flock, Walking Together
“When I join a communion procession, do I engage in this action as though I were a customer in line at a supermarket or an amusement park?”
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When Will We Drink This Cup?
We are now well over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and to a certain degree the crisis seems to be behind us. While we have lost many people and society is still suffering from a lot of trauma in many areas. But in some areas things seem to be more or less back to…
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Book Review: The Hunger Inside
I cannot think of better guides to the renewal of the Church’s life through the renewal of the Church’s worship than these two authors.