The Sacred Meal, Nora Gallagher
The Sacred Meal, Nora Gallagher
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The Sacred Meal
The Ancient Practices Series

Author: Nora Gallagher

Narrator: Dr. Simona Chitescu-Weik

Unabridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 07/18/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

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. A study guide is included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Nora Gallagher

Nora Gallagher is the best-selling author of Changing Light, a novel that received outstanding reviews and of two memoirs,Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith and Practicing Resurrection. She is licensed to preach by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, a preacher-in-residence at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, and is on the Board of Advisors of the Yale Divinity School.  She is married to novelist and poet, Vincent Stanley.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bishop

The Sacred Meal wasn't a bad book. I think it's a bit too touchy-feely for me. There's not enough research, history, academics. It seems like a book of someone's reflection over Communion. Nothing wrong with that at all. But I was really hoping for something with more depth.......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

Although I knew from the jacket copy that The Sacred Meal would be in large part a personal meditation on the meaning of communion, I was expecting more than I found. There is very little on the history of communion, the different interpretations of its meaning, or the myriad ways in which it is cel......more

Goodreads review by Julie

I was disappointed that this book doesn't mention the death or resurrection of Christ, which is kind of the entire point of Communion. I would have rather heard the author give a view I disagree with than just avoid the topic altogether because of a fear of being controversial. Communion isn't the k......more

Goodreads review by Robert

The Eucharist or Lord’s Supper is central to the Christian faith, and to some traditions it’s more central than in others. For Protestants it is one of two primary sacraments or means of grace. It is also an ancient Christian practice, by which we as Christians get in touch with the holy. While we m......more

Goodreads review by Patrick

I've made it a goal to someday finish all the books in this series. It won't really be that difficult because they've seemed to be pretty easy to read (thus far). I picked up this one because it has been a subject matter that has recently come up among my study of church history as well as in conver......more

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