Feasting With God: Adventures in Table Spirituality [Paperback]

Holly W. Whitcomb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996

This book is an entertaining celebration of creative and spiritual ways to enjoy food. Themes are presented that act as points of departure for the various "feasts" and "culinary interludes".

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Feasting as community, celebration, and thanksgiving--this is the subject of Holly Whitcomb's joyful work. In each chapter of the two sections Feasts and Culinary Interludes, Whitcomb provides a Christian theme on which the chapter is based, topics and questions for reflection and discussion, and mouth-watering recipes. Careful attention is also paid to creating an environment conducive to camaraderie and interaction. Don't worry about whether it is too much trouble for the host, though, as each feast is a potluck. Here are instructions for having your own miniretreat without ever leaving home.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: United Church Pr (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829811532
• ISBN-13: 978-0829811537
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,113,286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very spiritual book, full of wonderful ideas, October 21, 1998

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This review is from: Feasting With God: Adventures in Table Spirituality (Paperback)

This delightful book lifts up the spiritual aspects of gathering around a table and the many ways we come together to feast with one another and God. The author is a pastor, spiritual director, workshop and retreat leader and shares many ideas which speak to the soul. Divided into sixteen "feasts" and six "culinary interludes", there are many possibilities for celebrations with birth families, chosen families and friends. The feasts reflect on theme such as life passages, wisdon, creativity, gratitude and comfort, while the interludes are reflections planned around food, but not entire feasts. As I read, I kept thinking of friends who would enjoy this book and will be giving it as gifts.

4.0 out of 5 stars Creative and Thought-Provoking Ways to Bring Meaning to Feasting!, May 22, 2010

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This review is from: Feasting With God: Adventures in Table Spirituality (Paperback)

This is a thought-provoking book which gives instructions on how to create 22 different creatively themed 'feasts' for one's closest friends and family members which explore events of each of your guest lives or the life of a community together. Each chapter is a different feast, has discussion questions which the guests can talk about during / after the meal (usually a potluck dinner with a specific coordinated theme to it) and includes a recipe which the host(ess) can make. The book includes quotes from the Bible but also many known authors as well, which will provoke discussion. The feasts described include: (1) Bringing Heaven to Earth; (2) Table of Creativity; (3) Boast, Toast and Boast Some More; (4) Rites of Passage: A Feast of New Beginnings; (5) Flamboyant Fantasy: An Outrageous Feast; (6) Broadening the Boundaries: A Global Potluck; (7) Taking Care: A Feast of Comfort; (8) At Wisdom's Table; (9) Feast of Wonder; (10) Celebration for a Chosen Family; (11) Everyone Working Together; (12) Birthday Feast; (13) Living in Thanksgiving: A Feast of Gratitude; (14) Nature's Bounty: A Summer Picnic; (15) Trusting and Waiting: A Winter's Picnic; (16) Feast of the Foremothers; (17) Tea and Sabbath; (18) Hearts!; (19) Eating on the Mountaintop; (20) Making and Breaking Bread; (21) Eating the Serpent; and (22) You Who Are the Gift. Each feast includes section such as: Theme; Planning Ahead; Reflecting Together: Opportunities for Discussion; Setting the Table; and Food as Symbol. The book ends with an Appendix on Creating the Environment. There is also a very good Bibliography. This is a really wonderful book of ideas as to how create meaningful events for one's friends or chosen family... or possibly in the life of a church community.