World Communion Sunday (October 4) is celebrated once each year by a vast number of Protestant denominational churches throughout the world. The idea was born in the 1930s with a… read more

My mom recently visited us in Boston, and she brought us evidence that the prodigious efforts of the alchemists of yore were not in vain. She carried with her a French toast… read more

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism (along with his brother Charles) participated in the sacrament of Holy Communion at least a couple of times a week. He told his people called … read more

I am not interested in any church renewal that is not sacramental — which is to say — is not Christian in any kind of historically or liturgically identifiable sense… read more

The following is an adapted excerpt from Holy Communion: Celebrating God with Us by Kenneth M. Loyer (Abingdon Press). When the hour came, [Jesus] took his place at the table… read more

I’m teaching a course in church renewal right now, and one of the topics we’re examining is renewal through the liturgy, and particularly the Eucharist (or Holy… read more