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The story of an unexpected and terribly inconvenient Christian conversion, told by a very unlikely convert, TAKE THIS BREAD is not only a spiritual memoir but a call to action.
Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as a restaurant cook and writer. Then early one morning, for no earthly reason, she wandered into a
church. I was certainly not interested in becoming a Christian, she writes. Or, as I thought of it rather less politely, a religious nut.
But she ate a piece of bread, took a sip of wine, and found herself radically transformed.... Read more >
Read Sara's blog on Beliefnet. Click here >
Listen to Sara on NPR's "This I Believe." Click here >
"Burning Down the House" ---read Sara's sermon on Jesus and family values. Click here >
Watch the PBS interview with Sara on "Religion and Ethics" and see St. Gregory's Food Pantry in action... Click here >
New praise for TAKE THIS BREAD
front-page review from The National Catholic Reporter:
"[A] tightly crafted, joyful memoir...at its heart, a story of finding sustenance and passing it on..."
from author Anne Lamott:
"A memoir that blew me away...The most amazing book!
from blogger Father Jake:
" I found myself shouting aloud "Yes!" at some points, and quietly shedding tears at others. Read it. It is an amazing story."
from The Christian Century:
"In TAKE THIS BREAD, we find hope that an invigorated, incarnate and imaginative Christianity is emerging from the political battlefields. Moving, delightful and significant."
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Listen to Sara's interview with Brian Lehrer on WNYC-FM. Click here >
Listen to Sara's sermon on the radical Gospel about gay marriage and little children. Click here >