Food for the Soul How can our patterns of

How can our patterns of congregational life and mission renew themselves and adjust to changing culture without selling out what Episcopalians stand for

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Benedict of Nursia

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Food for the Soul How can our patterns ofA collection of essays, poems, and stories from a soup kitchen writers' workshop The selections are funny, gritty and brutally honest, writing that attests to a raw spirituality formed and informed by life on the street. When these writers are given prompts like "It Was the Best Day," "So I Lied," "September Eleven," "My Best Mistake" or "In My Other Life," they hold nothing back. In his piece on "Recovering," Mackey reflects on how the writers'