The Sacred Meal
The Ancient Practices Series
- Preaching & Worship
- Publisher: W Publishing Group (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2010
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Publisher's Description
The sacred meal that is part of our faith does more than connect us to the holy, it connects us to each other. "I think Jesus wanted his disciples and everyone who came after him to remember what they had together. What they made together. What it meant to be together. How the things he did could not have been done without them." In her inimitable style of memoir and personal reflection, Nora Gallagher explores the beauty and mystery of this most fascinating of topics. Whether exploring the history of Christian communion, taking us inside the workings of a soup kitchen, or sharing times of joy and sadness with friends, she reminds us what it means to partake of, and be part of, the body of Christ. A volume in the eight book classic series, The Ancient Practices, with a foreword by Phyllis Tickle, General Editor.
Endorsements (4)
“This is the book I have been waiting for—to give to seekers who are wary of pious language, to believers who have dozed off in their pews, to pastors who want to know how to speak in fresh ways of old truths, to anyone who asks me why I am still Christian. This is the book I have been waiting to give, but it is also the book I have been waiting to read. In it, Nora Gallagher does just what holy communion does: she folds sacred life and ordinary life together like a sandwich, holding it out to me so that I suddenly remember how hungry I am. There is not a trite or phony word in this book. It is full of real people, real life, real food—and above all a real Jesus, who keeps dying and rising into this world God so loves.”
“It’s so fitting that Nora Gallagher would write on the sacramental meal, because that’s how I’ve always felt about her writing . . . it opens up a channel of grace and offers a taste of mystery, accessible to anyone, yet so full of meaning that the inside feels bigger than the outside. The Sacred Meal is a rich meal for the soul, and will be a great book to share among a circle of friends too.”
“Nora Gallagher is a writer I would follow anywhere, but it is a particular thrill to follow her to the Lord’s Table; I know of no contemporary writer whose insights about the Eucharist match hers.”
“Eucharist. Communion. The Lord’s Supper. We Christians can’t even agree what to call this most holy and most contentious element of our faith. What Nora Gallagher has succeeded in doing, however, is to craft a text that can bring us together so that Jesus’ prayer that we ‘may all be one’ might be imagined. For if that’s going to happen, it’s going to happen around the Lord’s Table, sharing a sacred meal.”
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