Communing
I just finished the book take this bread , quite a page-turner autobiography by Sara Miles. Her life moved from being raised an atheist, to becoming a lefty student in Mexico, a journalist in Nicaragua, a restaurant cook in New York City, and then a Christian convert in San Francisco, immersed in feeding people. She launches a food pantry in a church there to care for the homeless and hungry, taking seriously Christ’s message to his followers to “feed my sheep.” In so doing, she finds herself in a journey of self-discovery seeking to understand what it means to be in communion with others. She realizes that sharing food with everyone else is a calling for her and that it is a sacramental act, making Jesus real - for herself, for those she touches, and for those who touch her. Over the years, I’ve met and gotten to know a good many people like Sara who are motivated, even driven, to walk, not just talk, their deep-set spiritual beliefs and world view. I myself feel spiritually ...