by Austin "Mack" Dennis | Nov 14, 2017 | Opinion
I see our healthcare crisis as a crisis of communion. On Sunday mornings, when my congregation sets the table for the Lord’s Supper, we set upon it loaves of bread, which we call the Body of Christ, and a cup, which we call the blood of Christ. We place the...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Nov 23, 2015 | Opinion
Church growth is back on the agenda – not the 1970s variety from the U.S., but rather the new style espoused by the Church of England. I had the joy of reading recently “What Makes Churches Grow? Vision and Practice in Effective Mission” by Bob...
by Mark Tidsworth | Oct 12, 2015 | Opinion
I’ve enjoyed working with several high-energy invigorated churches this past spring and summer. Being around them, considering God’s calling for them and how to join God more fully on mission was delightful. Reflecting on these experiences, I find myself...
by David Kerrigan | Jun 8, 2015 | Opinion
Debates about communion usually focus on two important areas: the nature of the event and the question of who can participate. The nature of the event will involve considerations such as what we believe about the bread and wine. At one end of the spectrum, the Roman...
by Ron Rolheiser | Dec 8, 2014 | Opinion
When the famous historian Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) decided to become a Roman Catholic, his aristocratic mother was distressed, not because she had any aversion to Catholic dogma, but because now her son would, in her words, have to “worship with the...
