Soul Banquets: How Meals Become Mission in the Local Congregation

by John Koenig

A look at the ways that meals of various sorts can be more effectively integrated into parish activities, promoting theemergence of new gifts for ministry as well as increasing ourgratitude for Gods abundance and the works of justice andmercy that follow from our expressions of thanksgiving.

144 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

About the author

I'm a veteran journalist and recently published my first novel, Danuta. The novel was inspired by the real-life saga of a Polish girl who, in 1941, was arrested by the Soviet secret police and sent with her infant son to a labor camp in Siberia.

The early years of my journalism career were devoted to investigative work, chasing crooked cops and drug dealers. After marriage and parenthood, I switched to a tamer career reporting on businesses and corporate executives. My wife found lawsuits preferable to death threats.

Now, we live in Austin, Texas, where I help my wife with her consulting practice, walk the dog, babysit our two grandchildren, and work on my second novel. This one's a contemporary story, set in Florida, where I lived and worked for more than 25 years. Stay tuned. I'll have it ready for publication in a year or two.