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Should My Children Take Communion?

By Kitty My three children are baptized Catholics, but my husband and I are not. The eldest child is eight years old. We are attending mass tomorrow. Is it right for the children to take communion or do they have to…
The Lord's Supper and Real Presence

[This is reposted as part of our Best-Of Revelife Week. It was originally posted on November 29, 2009.] The Lord's Supper is as much about the real presence of Christians to one another as it is about the real presenc…
Bread, Wine and Proclamation

By Sam at Creative Theology For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, This is my body, whi…
Muslim Woman Offered Holy Communion

Shane Hipps is the teaching pastor at Mars Hill Church. The Rob Bell version of Mars Hill, that is, not the Mark Driscoll church. What was interesting was something that happened this past Sunday, he tweeted the followin…
The History and Rejection of Tradition in the Emergent Church

I'm reading "The Irresistible Revolution" by Shane Claiborne at the moment, and mostly dying at accomplishing that. His basic premise is wonderfully articulated, that is, the American church is dead. Where he states that…
Passion Week: The Last Supper

When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds f…
Questions on Catholic Church Tradition

I was born and raised in the Catholic religion. Maybe just born is more accurate, because my parents never really talked to me about it. They taught me just the basic stuff, like to pray to God if you need help and to a…
Communion: Wine or Grape Juice?

For most of my life, I attended a Lutheran church with a liturgical service. Everything is always very structured, and I kinda like it that way. At college, though, I started going to church with my roommate; she's CMA,…
What Defines Church for You?

I'm living in a new area and have been exploring different congregations lately. I was baptized Catholic and grew up going back and forth between the Catholic Church and the Episcopalian Church. I had operated under the…
“Buzz” Aldrin and the First Communion on the Moon

While many might recall the date of Sunday, July 20, 1969, as the date of the first manned lunar landing, it is also the date of something somewhat historic for Christians: the first Communion served on another celestial…