By Peter J. Leithart
Ronald Byars’s Come and See is a piece of theological/religious reporting, but on a topic that doesn’t often get press coverage – the movement among Presbyterians (in the PCUSA) toward weekly communion.
Byars documents that the number of churches that celebrate communion each week is increasing, examines the pastoral challenges with moving a congregation from infrequent to more frequent communion, and discusses some of the associated issues like the inclusion of children at the Lord’s table and sacramental catechesis. He addresses objections like “too frequent communion makes it un-special” and “it’s too Catholic.” The book is theologically informed, but Byars has clearly spent time in real-life churches and knows the challenges on the ground.
Read more at http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2014/06/presbyterians-at-the-table