Simon Carey Holt’s latest book was launched in Melbourne on the 8th
October. It’s titled Eating Heaven:
Spirituality at the Table. Simon, “a trained chef, teacher, social researcher, minister of religion
and homemaker, draws on experience and research to explore the role of eating
in our search for meaning and community. To do so, he invites us to sit at the
tables of daily life – from kitchen tables to backyard barbecues, from cafe
tables to the beautifully set tables of Melbourne’s finest restaurants – and
consider how our life at these tables interacts with our deepest values and
commitments.”
The book is described in the following way:
“Sitting down at a table to eat
is an activity so grounded in the ordinary, so basic to the daily routines of
life, we rarely ponder it beyond the simple inquiry, ‘What’s for dinner?’
However, scratch a little deeper and you discover in eating one of the most
meaning-laden activities of our lives, one so immersed in human longing and
relationship that it takes on sacred dimensions.”
Tim
Costello the CEO of World Vision Australia commends the book with these words:
“'Eating Heaven' is a soulful reflection by a man who
savours Melbourne as a city. He explores it through the way people share food
and table together. Through stories, reflections and recipes, he warms the
heart, feeds the body and nourishes the soul.”
You can find a PDF here, which includes the contents page and
chapter 1. Purchasing the book can be
done via its Australian publisher, the same publisher that gifted us his
wonderful and award-winning earlier work God
Next Door: Spirituality and Mission in the Neighbourhood.
I’m looking forward to reading
it in due course.
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