About this episode

Andrew Camp interviews Hannah Miller King about her book and the transformative power of the Eucharist in dealing with grief and community issues.

Host Andrew Camp interviews Anglican priest and writer Hannah Miller King about her book Feasting on Hope and how the Eucharist reframed her grief after her father died of cancer. King describes needing a bigger theological framework than “pray and hope,” finding healing and belonging through weekly communion, and seeing the Lord’s Table as both comfort and a foretaste that stokes longing for God’s coming kingdom. They discuss what churches miss when communion is infrequent, the formative power of embodied ritual, vulnerability in receiving with “empty hands,” and the wide-angle social implications of the meal for community, reconciliation, and justice, including responses to scarcity and food insecurity. King offers counsel for those hurt by church to grieve, be patient, and take manageable risks toward worship and relationship. Hannah Miller King is a priest and writer in the Anglican tradition. She has been a campus minister among conservatory musicians, an apartment minister in an urban highrise, and a parish pastor in large and small churches. She currently serves as the Associate Rector at The Vine Anglican Church in Western North Carolina. She is a contributing writer for…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Camp

Guest: Hannah Miller King

Topics covered

• grief
• Eucharist
• community
• reconciliation
• food insecurity
• spirituality

Keywords

• Eucharist
• grief
• community
• spirituality
• food insecurity
• Anglican
• ritual

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christianity Today, Holy Post Media

Books & works: Feasting on Hope

Places: Western North Carolina

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