Articles for tag: Coventry Cathedral

March 25, 2016

Christian Standard

Taken and Broken

By J. Michael Shannon In some ways our Communion service seems a strange thing. We know it has its roots in the Passover celebration, but as we would expect from a ceremony instituted by our Lord, it can speak to us of much more. What is the significance of eating bread and drinking juice? Why does it represent the body and blood of Jesus? Why do we internalize these emblems? All living things, for their survival, depend on other living things to surrender their lives. Whether a person eats meat or is a vegetarian, something that was living surrenders its

April 29, 2011

Christian Standard

A Visible Reminder

By J. Michael Shannon “Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them saying, “˜Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins”” (Matthew 26:27, 28). Sometimes we need a visible reminder of those things we cannot see. A wedding ring can remind us of love and commitment. A flag can be the symbol of liberty and patriotism. A pin can be the symbol of fraternity or fellowship. Since we cannot see the past, we often use symbols to remind us of

July 2, 2006

Christian Standard

Reconciliation and the Restoration Vision

By C. Robert Wetzel It happened to be Remembrance Day when I visited the Church of Christ in Coventry, England. It was now 30 years after the guns of World War II had been silenced. During the worship service that morning an elder shared his memory of that catastrophic night in November 1940 when the German Luftwaffe carpet-bombed this city of 600,000 people. If it was not the first saturation bombing it was certainly the most devastating up to that time. As the elder talked about the suffering, there was no bitterness in his voice toward the Germans; only a

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