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 ...

In pairs, small groups and one by one, people walked up to the cross outside Aldersgate United Methodist Church on Easter Sunday. There, they took Communion on the grassy hill overlooking North ...

Communion is a vital part of my week. My tradition, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), has staked its identity on the weekly celebration of the Lord's Supper. Each week we celebrate an open ...

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.

Holy communion is probably the second most used liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer, often at 8.00am, but also occasionally later in cathedrals and collegiate foundations, which sometimes shoehorn it ...

It’s a meal that often divides us. It needn’t be that way. I attended church twice a week growing up. I had no choice. It’s not that I disliked church. But like many children, I struggled to ...