The Gospel of John includes a unique account of The Last Supper on Thursday of what we often call Holy Week. Though its most noteworthy action is Christ instituting the Communion meal as representative of The New Covenant, John’s account begins with Christ washing the disciples’ feet. Here’s the opening of John 13: It was…
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Shifting to Weekly Communion
Starting this Sunday our church is going to take part in The Lord’s Supper every week. For the entire life of our church we have only partaken of the bread and cup on a monthly basis, so this is a fairly dramatic shift in practice for us. Scripture speaks to the importance of Communion but there’s…
Building a Platform, or Making Digital Disciples?
Today’s post from Stephanie Smith is part of the blog series Discipleship: Re-Imagining Our Calling From Christ. To receive future posts from the series in your inbox head HERE. Engage with the writers and community of readers using the hashtag #DiscipleshipBlog. — There are two ways Christians talk about following. One is an ancient call, as ancient as it is…
How Fast Food Changed the Church
Long before I was born, there was a time when eating a meal involved shared space between people. Even if a grocery store was a short drive away, cooking and other meal preparation activities were involved in putting together something for a group of people to eat. This all changed in the 1960s with the…