Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
I have seen a number of discussions about communion on social media recently. Some of them got pretty heated and I got involved in at least one of them myself. t should not be surprising that people get worked up about communion. Some of the biggest disagreements between Roman Catholics and Protestants is about what … Read More “Can You Celebrate Communion Like That?” »
In this age of COVID-19, the church has been forced to reinvent itself and adapt to our changing environment. It is easy enough to provide worship music and preaching online but what about communion? Our church is planning on having online communion tomorrow. We have let people know that they need bread and juice (or … Read More “Is Online Communion Even a Thing?” »
What does your communion bread look like? Some churches use wafers and some use pieces of actual bread. What colour is your communion bread? I’m a Baptist and generally we have used little squares of bread. I don’t exactly know what brand we have used, but it looks like white Wonder Bread. I have generally … Read More “What Colour is Your Communion Bread?” »
Today may have been one of the most amazing mornings at church in my life. I shared a couple of weeks ago about how we brought our son with autism to church for the first time. This weekend we had Logan and Abby for a day visit from their group home. Logan requested that he … Read More “Good News: First Communion” »
This morning at Queensway, in addition to preaching, I had the privilege of leading communion. One of the things that was different this morning (other than that I was involved) was that the children were in the sanctuary as we start a break for the teachers. As we handed out the bread, I saw Amanda … Read More “Best Communion” »
This week I have been at our denominational Assembly. Our speaker this year has been Hugh Halter. I have enjoyed what he has had to say and I thought I would comment on what I found helpful. Halter suggests that what the church should be doing is communion, community and mission. Communion is what most … Read More “Hugh Halter on the Church” »
