Ep60. We Will Feast, Kendall Vanderslice

I sat down with Kendall Vanderslice to talk about dinner church, meal based communities, and the community of God. Her excellent book, We Will Feast is out now with Eerdmans and draws on her experience and research within these communities and her own theological and gastronomical reflections. We talk about why food needs more attention in preaching and theology, eating as delighting in the created order, what kinds of communities and relationships she has seen forged over meals, centring relationships in how we be the church, how the church can address the loneliness epidemic, and the common challenges and surprising solutions posed by these forms of community (especially in light of COVID). Buy the book. Kendall Vanderslice is a writer and baker who studies the intersection of food and theology. She holds an MLA in Gastronomy from Boston University and a Masters of Theological Studies from Duke Divinity School. Her book, We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God is out now with Eerdmans. She also runs a range of courses on dinner churches, meal based ministry, including how to do community meals online. You can find all of that at www.kendallvanderslice.com or https://www.patreon.com/m/kvslice Follow the Show: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow Me: @liammiller87 Find more: www.loverinserepeat.com Music by Fyzex