Category: eucharist
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Why would someone like me, drawn so deeply to that great ‘mystical’ sacrament of the church – holy communion or the eucharist – by choice, become a minister in The United Church of Canada? Regular communion has become a central part of my spiritual sojourn – drawing me toward communities who celebrate it at least…
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Originally Published In Touchstone: Theology Shaping Witness June 2025 The Great Methodist Dumpster Salvage For me, the great dumpster salvage began one afternoon when there was no one around. I surreptitiously entered the abandoned church library in a building that had, until recently, housed a once-strong United Church of Canada congregation. Knox-Wesley United[1] was the…
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This reflection / blog post first appeared on the AbbeyChurch blog in summer 2025. Some call it “The Holy Eucharist” – others, “Communion” – and yet others “The Lord’s Supper”. Eucharist. It literally means thanksgiving (in Koine Greek) – and, depending on which stripe of Christianity one favours, one might lean into viewing it as a memorial,…