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. 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. Before long, she turned the bread she ate at
communion into tons of groceries, piled on the church's altar to be
given away. Within a few years, she and the people she served had
started nearly a dozen food pantries in the poorest parts of their
city.
"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. Here, in this achingly beautiful, passionate
book, is the living communion of Christ.
"The most amazing book."
-Anne Lamott
"Engaging, funny, and highly entertaining . . . Miles comments,
often with great insight, on the ugliness that many people
associate with a particular brand of Christianity. Why would any
thinking person become a Christian? is one of the questions she
addresses, and her answer is also compelling reading."
"-Booklist
"
"Powerful . . . This book is a gem [and] will remain with you
forever."
"-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."
-National Public Radio
"[A] joyful memoir . . . advocates big-tent Christianity in the
truest sense . . . a story of finding sustenanceand passing it
on."
"-National Catholic Reporter"
"Rigorously honest, "Take This Bread "demonstrates how hard-and how
necessary-it is to welcome everyone to the table, without
exception."
"-San Francisco Chronicle"
"Moving, delightful and significant."
"-The Christian Century"
Don't miss the reading group guide in the back of the book.
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