Whenever I visit a congregation and notice that communion is part of the liturgy, I get curious about the language that welcomes people to the meal. The bulletin often includes carefully worded ...

If we have such an extravagant Savior, we should attempt to create a fuller meal. As I enter the sanctuary, I see the cloth-draped table near the podium. Communion Sunday! My heart lifts—and sinks.

(UNDATED) They marched down the sloping concrete ramps of the Communion aisles by the thousands _ Baptists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Lutherans and even one Catholic priest.

Communion has been a theological battleground for centuries. For today's working pastors, however, many of the issues surrounding Communion seem more practical than theological. They're often ...

Sacramentality is the breath of Christian life—life that springs from the sacraments and life that yearns to return to them. My Presbyterian granddaughter hasn’t heard about 500 years of conflict over ...