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Sharing food is fundamental to human well-being.

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How do the ways in which Christian communities embrace the practice of breaking bread at the Lord's Table and at our domestic, public, and global tables foster a way of life abundant that is responsive to God's grace and to the needs of all creation? How can and does worship prepare us for this way of abundant living?

Presented at the 2008 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

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