wonderful food for thought
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I enjoyed every chapter. Makes you think a lot more about where we came from and where we are headed.
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I liked this book and found it well worth the read. I found it to be insightful and full of good food for thought, whether you find you agree with every point, or not. The author digs deep into spirituality and what it means for us and others. His sincerity, desire to be filled with and have the knowledge of Gods grace, and desire for good for all is evident. This book matches up closely with my Christian beliefs, though I may depart slightly on some points. No matter our personal beliefs and thoughts, reading anothers thoughts with an open mind can expand our own knowledge, whether we accept ever point, or not. I found this book worthy and valuable.

I have read M A Streets four novels, as well, and found them to be unique and captivating stories. Each one touched me. Whether you like this book, or not, you may enjoy his fiction. Excellent writing and excellent stories.
4936630
Gives a lot of food  for thought and puts in into the situation.  Unbelievable and helps you understand just how difficult a situation like this could be and how difficult to free yourself from same.
1449755
This book gives one a lot of food for thought. Really makes you reflect on your life and it's meaning.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it gave me so much to think about my life and relationships. The author's  introduction was so wonderfully personalized and effective at drawing me into the intimate conversations as though among friends. The definition and discussion of wisdom gave me pause, invited me to ponder, and to really focus on the topics and themes.
  The selection and format of the  themes-- as well as the "Takeaway" synthesis-- are great and so practically concrete and helpful. The content is engrossing--I could hardly stop reading. I particularly enjoyed the women who shared their wisdom; they are amazing and thoughtful and wise! I wish I could know them as personal friends. The author skillfully edits and converts their remarks to the page so brilliantly.
  What a wonderful, loving gift for the women in my life!
397195
I learned so much from this book about myself, my children, and those I interact with!  Great food for thought.
3771290
Although it is tempting to read "Keeping the Feast: Metaphors for the Meal" like a novel in one sitting it should be enjoyed like a progressive dinner over time and in different locations.  Brasher-Cunningham's text offers the spiritual transparency of Anne Lamott with the spiritual depth of Henri Nouwen.  He reminds us through personal reflection that although the Table may not always be a happy place it is, however, a safe place where all are welcome.  This book will be a great resource as I teach ministry practitioners and students the difference between approaching the Table as a casual observer and sitting at the Table as an insider.  As an added bonus, Brasher-Cunningham provides the recipe's he refers to in his stories...with a little baseball thrown in.  What more could you want or need?  I am looking forward to another slower and more reflective read-through.
3827127
I bought this as material for a weekly question for a chat site, but have found it very thought provoking.  I find myself opening it randomly to stir introspection.
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Wonderful food for thought - what I especially appreciated, aside from the excellent flow-through of the history of modern scientific discoveries and thoughts, is the author's appeal to common-sense and critical thinking. That allows me to make up my own mind about things, on the basis of what I can recognize as being truly reasonable ... which I find far more preferable than being told what I should believe by someone I am supposed to accept as an expert while telling me I am not properly qualified to understand the profound and complex issues s/he is kindly understanding and interpreting on my behalf. That was the very thing that turned me off from institutional religion, and I recognize, as this book also helps make clear, that in the name of modern science, another kind of dogmatic institutionalism has arisen. As a result, its conclusions are afforded some kind of uncritical protective sanctuary, as opposed to being subjected to such attempts to falsify them as are in fact intrinsic to the scientific method, and which St. Clair has so excellently achieved here. Scientific progress and complacency go ill together - and St Clair has done a superb job in actually advancing the cause of real science.
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This is a smart, beautiful meditation on the egg and what it means to us -- as sustenance, as the source of our reproduction, as signifier of our own fickle nature. Walker's language and range of subjects (from her own desire for children, to her family, to the world at large) are refreshingly diverse and quickly turn throughout the book, whose serious moments spin from Walker's wonderful sense of play and humor that kept me engaged all the way through.
653843
SO much to feed the SOUL here - words are insufficient.  Purchase and you will not be sorry.  A collection of WONDERFUL thoughts and ideas by a woman so young yet so very INSIGHTFUL.
3704974
The love thoughts in this book are deeper than mere romantic love messages. Some, of course, do apply to sweet romantic love, but others  relate to more mature thoughts on love, as in divine love, the love of life, the love of friends, etc. The essays that accompany these thoughts are insightful and helpful. i found this book with its inspirational thoughts to be just that -- inspiring. These few thoughts are worth contemplating deeply and spending a little time with each. They should be savored one at a time. Delicious!
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This book was a joy to read!  It was inspiring and thought provoking to read about Jesus during different stages of His life.  I have been in church all of my life and this book helped me see Jesus with a fresh perspective.  Sometimes when we study His life in the Bible, we forget that He had a family as we do, many relationships, and struggles as we do. Grateful to be able to enjoy a book with a subject matter that is very important to me, and at the same time, challenge my thinking.  It was entertaining, pure, and lovely all at the same time.  Thank you Tripp Davis for writing such a wonderful book.
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As this book is a well written, enjoyable, enlightening read, to see so many positive reviews is wonderful. The author's message really needs to be read and embraced by every American, especially those with the strongest Puritan ethics, who really believe that food isn't meant to be savored or celebrated. Our Creator gives us all things richly to enjoy. Mouth watering real food is meant to be eaten with gratefulness, leisurely enjoyed with family and friends as the good gift that it is to us from an all loving God. Also, our bodies are more than a machine, and food is more than the fuel. Our bodies are a fearfully and wonderfully made creation and food is a gift meant to enjoyed as it nourishes us. After reading the review, I'm sure you'll understand why my main disagreement with the author concerns his evolutionist viewpoint.

For years my philosophy concerning food has been to "Let your food be your medicine bottle." To finally have an author echo these beliefs and give additional insight as to how to walk them out is truly refreshing. According to Pollen, we should shop for fresh, locally grown foods as much as possible. When going to the supermarket, we are to shop the outside isles of the store, where the whole foods such s meats, eggs, dairy,fruits and veggies are found. It's also important to buy 100% free range meat, dairy and eggs, which don't have growth hormones or antibiotics, aren't crowded into farm factory facilities or fed species inappropriate food and are slaughtered most humanly. Also, it's important to purchase Salmon and other fish from Alaska that aren't tainted with mercury and other industrial waste poisons. I buy organic grains and produce whenever I can, because they are grown on healthier soils. But if the organic produce at the supermarket is wilted, I buy the freshest produce I can find. As Chief Seattle said, "How we treat the land, we treat ourselves." This is also true of how we treat our animals.

The author speaks out against "nutritionalism," which involves getting so engrossed in the nutritional components of food that we fail to enjoy real food for the sensory delight that it is. Real food isn't a fast food meal eaten on the run, nor is a T.V. dinner eaten alone in front of the television or while working at your desk. Real food is the kind our Grandmother's would have recognized as food and is meant to be enjoyed as a communal dining experience. While not obsessing over the individual nutrients, real food is nutrient dense. Different whole foods provide different nutrients, which when in eaten in combination nourish our bodies most abundantly. Real food definately isn't the refined, nutritionally depleted "edible food like substances" so many people eat today.

If you are wondering why food would ever need to be defended and from whom look around you at the processed junk we call food that most Americans consume. We have been deceived by both the food industry and nutritional science with the approval of the federal government. Also, the drug companies aren't crying all the way to the bank over the billions of dollars sickly Amercians spend on toxic medical treatments and drugs. Our skyrocketing rates of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and a long list of other degenerative diseases is the price we are paying for this travesty.
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Thoughtful and insightful.  Gives you food for thought.  You need to read it several times.
2534823
This book gives lots of food for thought. I already know that I'll flash back to it for quite some time. Glad that I finally read it. It's. Been on my "need to read" list for many decades.
4788965
A wonderful testament of living life to the fullest. Really good food for thought. My favorite quote was the author's answer on when he knew he was in love and ready to marry - "When someone else's happiness was more important than my own."