Feasting on Hope

A Sacred Invitation to Hope

How can we live as people of hope in the midst of unmet longings, unanswered prayers, and seemingly unresolvable pain?

Through sharing her personal story of deep loss, Hannah Miller King reflects on how the ancient Christian practice of Communion can reframe our grief by embedding it in a larger picture of gospel hope. Each chapter presents a way in which the Lord's Supper makes the hope of the gospel tangible, reminding us of God's present faithfulness and promise of future renewal. With its inviting tone and thoughtful reflections, Feasting on Hope provides solace for those seeking hope amid a world that is not yet restored.

In Feasting on Hope, you'll find



- Rich biblical insights made approachable for all readers

- A hopeful exploration of how we participate in Christ's triumph

- An invitation to see yourself as a wanted guest of God's hospitality

- Reflection questions for individuals and groups to foster thoughtful engagement

Whether you are grappling with what seems like an endless search for peace, wrestling with unmet desires, or simply longing for a deeper connection with God and others, this book meets you with tender realism and abundant grace.

Feasting on Hope invites you to the Communion table, where God's people are formed into a family that is strong enough to hold sorrow inside of hope. Are you ready to take your place at the table?



Hannah Miller King is a priest and writer in the Anglican Church in North America. She writes for Christianity Today and serves as the associate rector at The Vine Anglican Church in western North Carolina. She and her husband, also a priest, have three children.

Foreword: Esau McCaulley [forthcoming]


Prologue: A Tale of Two Tables


1. Hope: The Feast and the Foretaste


2. Encounter: What Is Salvation Anyway?


3. Embodiment: Broken Bread for Broken Bodies


4. Gift: The Prophetic Practice of Joy


5. Community, Pt. 1: The Table that Makes a Family


6. Community, Pt. 2: When God's Family Contributes to Our Pain


7. Abundance: Will There Be Enough for Me?


8. Hospitality: The Fullness that Feeds Others


9. Courage: When Self-Giving Includes Loss


10. Home: The Longest Table in the World


Epilogue: Let Us Keep the Feast


Acknowledgements


Reflection Questions for Individuals or Groups

"If your church observes the Lord's Supper infrequently, you may wonder what all the fuss is about. Can eating bread and drinking wine in a worship service really make a difference in one's life with God? In this beautifully written book, Hannah Miller King demonstrates the power of Holy Communion by generously, humbly describing the difference it has made in hers. Profound, mature, instructive, and deeply consoling, this book is a gift for the people of God."



"In this beautiful meditation, weaving together her experience as an Anglican priest and the pain and hope she's met in her own life, Hannah Miller King helps us understand why the Eucharist has always been central for Christian worship. It is a meal that teaches us to live in the in-between, where joy and sorrow are indissolubly bound together. This is a book that rewards slow and attentive reading and revisiting. Highly recommended!"



"In Hannah Miller King's fabulous book, Feasting on Hope, we are reminded of things that we all-too quickly forget but desperately need to remember. We are reminded that our Lord feeds the hungry with bread that exceeds their deepest hungers, along with their greatest sorrows; satisfies the thirsty with wine that last for days; sits the stranger at the head table, not the kid one; sets the penniless and powerless at feasting tables while enemies watch nearby; and makes the wasteland of our lives blossom with beauty that both pierces and gladdens our hearts. Above all, he nourishes our bodies and souls with living food and the blood that is true drink. He does so with his very own self. There's so much to feast on in this book. I say: eat up and enjoy!"



"Our Father has spread a table in the wilderness for us. His Son Jesus feeds us as we join him at the meal. And the Spirit of God unites us in his love as we eat. Hannah Miller King's apt reminder of these supernatural blessings is a word spoken in season. The Lord's Supper does not eradicate our pain and anxiety. But the communion it provides us with the Lord and one another gives us grace and peace now and bright hope for the day when God will make all things new and fulfill our every longing. Please join God's family as we feast."



"Writing from a deeply personal space, Hannah Miller King explores the beauty and significance of the Lord's Supper as a place of hope and encounter. She weaves in the profound significance of Jesus' embodiment—and our own—for the Lord's Supper and Christian community. With words of grace and hope, she shows how abundance, hospitality, and courage all flow from this sacrament. In the end, she presents the Lord's Supper as the anticipation of our deep longing to be truly home—the home that awaits us when we at last see the Lord face-to-face. This book is an invitation to the feast of weekly communion as well as the feast of seeing its profound significance for all believers. I warmly recommend this book to all who are hungry and long to be fed."



"In Feasting on Hope, Hannah Miller King does what few writers attempt: she sets a table in the wilderness and invites us to sit honestly with our unanswered questions, our deferred longings, and our persistent ache for home. With disarming vulnerability and pastoral insight, King reminds us that the eucharistic life is not an escape from sorrow but communion with the Man of Sorrows who is himself our feast and our foretaste of the world made new. This book will feed your faith, steady your groaning heart, and send you back into the wilderness with the certainty that God still spreads a table in the desert." weniger anzeigen expand_less