![]() And there was more singing and standing, and someone was putting a piece of fresh, crumbly bread in my hands, saying "the body of Christ," and handing me the goblet of sweet wine, saying "the blood of Christ," and something outrageous and terrifying happened. It had some dishes on it, and a pottery goblet.Īnd then we gathered around that table. "Jesus invites everyone to his table," the woman announced, and we started moving up in a stately dance to the table in the rotunda. We sat down and stood up, sang and sat down, waited and listened and stood up and sang, and it was all pretty peaceful and sort of interesting. Gregory's with almost no experience or exposure to Christianity: ![]() ![]() Her conversion during open communion as she was visiting St. Gregory's, the church that will eventually become her home and the eventually launching pad for Miles's efforts to feed the hungry of her city. Miles, an unbeliever raised by atheist parents, has her conversion by participating in open communion at St. More, Take This Bread is the best apology for open communion I've ever read. The book is the spiritual memoir of Sara Miles, but the theological attraction of the book is that Take This Bread is an extended meditation on Eucharistic theology and its connection to radical hospitality and social justice. It's one of the best books I've read in quite sometime. (Thanks Natalie for the recommendation!) I highly recommend this book. ![]() ![]() I recently finished Take This Bread by Sara Miles. ![]()
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