A reflection on a full-bodied model for teaching, celebrating and practicing communion.
Word play leads to serious food play when it comes to communion.
A review of Nora Gallagher's book The Sacred Meal.
A review of Journey to the Common Good by Walter Brueggemann.
A lament after a case of church burn-out.
Sorting out the essentials and non-essentials of the ceremony.
A plea for unity among Christians.
Snapshots from a second marriage ceremony, including what's outside the frame.
Resources for individuals and congregations to respond on June 20, 2010, the two-month anniversary of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Is this really what Jesus had in mind?
An interview with playwright and director Richard Peters on his latest work, David and Jonathan.
Recovering the practice of retreat in our lives and in our worship.
Learning from the ordinary spectacle of birds on a wire.
On the costliness of growing up into Christ-centered institutions.
A review of Harriet Brown's memoir Brave Girl Eating: The Story of a Family's Struggle with Anorexia.
A meditation on the life and death of a friend who called upon others to care.
An interview with John Van Sloten, author of The Day Metallica Came to Church.
On truth, interpretation and the search for a bible-based way of life.
On the bait-and-switch methods of contemporary evangelism.
Excavating the meaning and practices of humility.
An Easter reflection on growing together in our church communities.
Expressing gratitude for parents and teachers who re-imagined "success."
What the Boomers need to re-learn about security.
A reflection on the church as a place of belonging (or not) for introverts.
On the joys and challenges of gathering over a meal.
Asking hard questions and embracing complex answers in community.
Unearthing childhood memories of fear and separation.
A report from the *cino talks on one of the big questions.
Gathering around a screen toward repentance and lament.
On the tangle of questions and desires at the point of church transition.