Barnabas File

Let me start with a confession:     I never refuse the gift of a book.     I may not read it immediately, but I am honored when someone wishes to share with me a book that has impacted them I some way.     For All Who Hunger:     Searching for Communion in a Shattered World is such a gift.      In the Missional Imagination class I teach for Central Seminary (Shawnee, KS), we talk about creative ways to engage our culture with Christian presence.  One of our students in a class last summer was experimenting with dinner church in her home.  She was gathering friends regularly for a meal, fellowship, and worship.  In class and in subsequent conversations, she reported some of the lessons she was learning.  Out of her interest, she discovered this memoir and shared it with me.   Emily M. D. Scott’s work is a memoir—more of a reflection of a spiritual journey than a recitation of facts—and sh...