Remembering a Broken Body June 7, 2021 Essays & Reviews, Features, Highlight As churches return to in-person worship, alongside questions about the logistics of worshiping safely will be questions about presence and absence. The ambivalence many Christians feel about what words prayed over bread and wine can do won’t go away.
Communion with Christ and One Another in a Time of Pandemic April 9, 2020 Catholic Voices, Features Sewanee's Julia Gatta on the Daily Office and the Eucharist-God's sustaining giftss for his people in all times. "God continues to reach out to us, supplying the strength we need to weather our losses. Christ is our companion in joy and sorrow, life and death. Even in physical isolation, we are not alone: Christ is with us along with the whole communion of saints who belong to him.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The 1918 Epidemic and the Churches March 12, 2020 From the Archives TLC's editorial at the height of the 1918 flu pandemic urges cooperation by churches in preventing the disease and daily eucharistic worship for God's help for the suffering.
Bishops Withhold Common Cup in Response to Coronavirus March 9, 2020 News Bishops in at least four dioceses have ordered parish clergy to administer Holy Communion in bread only, while others discourage intinction and other worship practices that could encourage the spread of the coronavirus.
Resurrection, Ascension May 28, 2017 Essays & Reviews, Features Like all true prayer, the rosary draws us into conversation with the maker of heaven and earth, God Almighty.
‘Something to Celebrate’ June 26, 2015 News Theodicy Jazz Collective opened with “Siyahamba,” the song from South Africans’ long struggle against apartheid.
Dress for the Banquet March 10, 2015 Essays & Reviews Something is required of us before we participate in Holy Communion.
Breaking (More) Bread Together March 5, 2014 News By G. Jeffrey MacDonald • Dinner church includes food, prayers, holy texts, and sharing in the Sacrament.
Hunger Games: The Eucharist December 4, 2013 News The Rev. Monique Stone: “The Hunger Games is a book about juxtaposition.”
God Is in the Neighborhood March 30, 2012 Essays & Reviews Allan Crite was a painter of urban life. Much less familiar are his works devoted to Christian themes such as the illustrations he did for a small volume on the Mass published by Cowley Press.
