Archives for October 2015

Have you ever tried to understand the Reformation in England? I have thought about it and believe it’s a lot like the following experience: ...

We all have certain foods we especially enjoy. To go a month without them would leave us feeling malnourished. But there is a meal that satisfies us more than any other. That meal is the Lord’s Supper...

The chill of the late fall in Morocco ushered in the clementine and orange season. We ate them by the kilo! Everyone knew the harvest arrived as men pushed selling-carts down the streets yelling “leetchin” (oranges). From our front door it took a grand total of 3 steps to greet the activity. Besides, at roughly fifty cents a pound who could pass it up!...

I call Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) the forgotten Reformer because we hear little about him. Those who know of him do so most likely because of his disagreement with Luther’s view of the Lord’s Supper at Marburg in 1529....