Sara has come by the great truths of the Christian faith honestly. Beautifully and simply written, it is a wonderfully straightforward account of a life and a conversion which will leave many readers, as it left me, tingling with longing that such signs and wonders might emerge in and through our own stories.
Phyllis Tickle, author of The Divine Hours and former Religion Editor for Publishers Weekly "This book is a stunner. Take This Bread is a good, tight, absorbing read." Nora Gallagher, author of Changing Light "Sara Miles's joy, confusion, and passion for the Christian life, together with her skill as a professional journalist and the fullness of her own humanity, have produced what has to be the finest confession of faith I've read in years. The Christian Century Don't miss the reading group guide in the back of the book.Īdvance praise for Take This Bread "A love song to the feast at the altar and the feast of a food pantry written with grit, authority and integrity." San Francisco Chronicle "Moving, delightful and significant." National Catholic Reporter "Rigorously honest, Take This Bread demonstrates how hard-and how necessary-it is to welcome everyone to the table, without exception." a story of finding sustenance and passing it on." advocates big-tent Christianity in the truest sense. The Decatur Daily "What Miles learns about faith, about herself and about the gift of giving and receiving graciously are wonderful gifts for the reader." This book is a gem will remain with you forever."
Why would any thinking person become a Christian? is one of the questions she addresses, and her answer is also compelling reading." Miles comments, often with great insight, on the ugliness that many people associate with a particular brand of Christianity.
Anne Lamott "Engaging, funny, and highly entertaining. Here, in this achingly beautiful, passionate book, is the living communion of Christ. Take This Bread is rich with real-life Dickensian characters-church ladies, millionaires, schizophrenics, bishops, and thieves-all blown into Miles's life by the relentless force of her newfound calling. Within a few years, she and the people she served had started nearly a dozen food pantries in the poorest parts of their city. Before long, she turned the bread she ate at communion into tons of groceries, piled on the church's altar to be given away. A lesbian left-wing journalist who'd covered revolutions around the world, Miles didn't discover a religion that was about angels or good behavior or piety her faith centered on real hunger, real food, and real bodies. Book Synopsis Early one morning, for no earthly reason, Sara Miles, raised an atheist, wandered into a church, received communion, and found herself transformed-embracing a faith she'd once scorned.
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