It tells the story of one day in Sara_s ministry: Ash Wednesday, when she carries ashes out of church to public places including bus stops, bakeries, beauty shops, fast-food joints and street corners; marking the foreheads of strangers ...
She writes about the economy of hunger and the ugly politics of food; the meaning of prayer and the physicality of faith. Here, in this passionate book, is the living communion of Christ.--From publisher description.
“Oh, sure, I'll hold, no problem,” Karen Lewis said, as she hyperventilated into her headset. Podesta's superstressed assistant searched through a pile of papers and took another sip of her Mountain Dew. “Tony's on his way,” she said to ...
City of God is a moving, prophetic account of the divine in daily life. It tells the story of one day in Sara’s ministry: Ash Wednesday, when she carries ashes out of church to public places.
. . . Miles' book is full of sound observations and telling detail." --Chris Nolan, New York Post "Miles has excellent reporter's instincts and a light, descriptive prose style . . . . A lively and illuminating read.
The story of an unexpected and terribly inconvenient Christian conversion, told by a very unlikely convert, Take This Bread tells the story of a restaurant cook and writer who wandered into a church and found herself transformed, setting up ...
In this astonishing story, she tells how the seeds of her conversion were sown, and what her life has been like since she took that bread.
A provocative reflection on what it means to be Christian describes the author's offbeat journey of faith from cynical atheist to religious activist against hunger, recounting her establishment of food pantries that feed thousands of people ...
She writes about the economy of hunger and the ugly politics of food; the meaning of prayer and the physicality of faith. Here, in this passionate book, is the living communion of Christ.--From publisher description.
Sophie Goes to Singapore