Bread, Body, Spirit

"How can we find what is sublime in our everyday encounters with food? Where is God in the supermarket? Can we see the holy in a strawberry?" from the Introduction Food plays a remarkable role in the daily routine of our lives. Whether we make time to eat with our families, or hit the drive-through on the way to doing something else, food and how we approach it has the extraordinary power to unite us with others and nurture our connection to the Divine. Provocative and insightful, the eclectic and beautiful pieces in this book will open your eyes to the awe-inspiring link between nourishment and nirvana. Drawing from many faith traditions and backgroundsincluding Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Native American and Sikhthe words in this volume paint a glorious picture of the sanctity waiting to be discovered in a thing so simpleand yet so divineas food. Contributors: Diana Abu-Jaber Diane Ackerman Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya Barbara Tanner Angell Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows Michael Benedikt Wendell Berry Brother Lawrence Edward Espe Brown Martin Buber Elias Canetti Lynn L. Caruso Joan Chittister, OSB Laurie Colwin Amanda Cook Mary Beth Crain Lama Surya Das Ram Dass Marc David Zen Master Eihei Dogen Meister Eckhart Rick Fields Betty Fussell Kahlil Gibran Bernard Glassman Jane Goodall Julia S. Kasdorf Karyn D. Kedar Haven Kimmel Barbara Kingsolver Jacqueline Kramer Rabbi Irwin Kula Julius Lester Alison Luterman Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi Sister Miriam Therese MacGillis J. B. MacKinnon Sara Miles Helen Nearing Bich Minh Nguyen Vanessa L. Ochs Mary Oliver Mary Rose OReilley Grace Paley Lawrence Raab Omid Safi Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi Lynne Meredith Schreiber Rabbi Rami Shapiro Guru Gobind Singh Alisa Smith Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki Jessica Swift Nancy Willard Kristen Wolf