Food for the Soul Our task now is not

Our task now is not to ask which interpretations are correct

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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and others -- deacons have come to serve largely as servants of the poor and needy

The planned topic was "God's Mission

Food for the Soul Our task now is notA 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'