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Come Eat With Me
If a meal is a metaphor for a relationship, then there's no better way to describe God's purpose for his people than as an invitation to a meal with the Maker. In Come Eat With Me, Rob Douglas explores hospitality as a biblical theme and a description of a rich relationship between God and humanity, highlighting the benefits and challenges along the way.
"Table, plate, cup--few things are more domestic or ordinary. In the hands of Rob Douglas, however, they become symbols of divine-human hospitality. By interlacing short, imaginative retellings of biblical stories with evocative personal experiences, Douglas invites us to feast on a big idea--God wishes to dine with us. A book to savour and enjoy."
--Sheridan Voysey, writer, speaker, broadcaster, and author of The Making of Who We Can Become When Life Doesn't Go as Planned
"Come Eat With Me is a lovely book on life and hospitality, soaked in Scripture and narrative, and written with a warm and generous spirit. Rob Douglas knows the power of story, and the stories in this book are moving and exquisitely told. This is also a timely and important book that calls us to respond to the astonishing hospitality of God, who is the consummate host. I found this book inspiring, and wholeheartedly commend it to you."
--Graham Hill, Senior Lecturer in Theology at Morling Theological College, author of GlobalChurch and Healing Our Broken Humanity
"Not only is Rob Douglas the consummate host, welcoming us into his world with warmth and kindness, he is also a gifted storyteller, bringing to life tales from both the world of the Bible and our own in a way that stretches and inspires. It is a pleasure to commend this wonderful book."
--Brian Harris, Principal, Vose Seminary, Perth, Australia
Rob Douglas is a pastor in Perth, Western Australia. He is a former journalist, newspaper editor, and community services manager, and he is the author of He Speaks Our Language (2014).
"Table, plate, cup--few things are more domestic or ordinary. In the hands of Rob Douglas, however, they become symbols of divine-human hospitality. By interlacing short, imaginative retellings of biblical stories with evocative personal experiences, Douglas invites us to feast on a big idea--God wishes to dine with us. A book to savour and enjoy."
--Sheridan Voysey, writer, speaker, broadcaster, and author of The Making of Who We Can Become When Life Doesn't Go as Planned
"Come Eat With Me is a lovely book on life and hospitality, soaked in Scripture and narrative, and written with a warm and generous spirit. Rob Douglas knows the power of story, and the stories in this book are moving and exquisitely told. This is also a timely and important book that calls us to respond to the astonishing hospitality of God, who is the consummate host. I found this book inspiring, and wholeheartedly commend it to you."
--Graham Hill, Senior Lecturer in Theology at Morling Theological College, author of GlobalChurch and Healing Our Broken Humanity
"Not only is Rob Douglas the consummate host, welcoming us into his world with warmth and kindness, he is also a gifted storyteller, bringing to life tales from both the world of the Bible and our own in a way that stretches and inspires. It is a pleasure to commend this wonderful book."
--Brian Harris, Principal, Vose Seminary, Perth, Australia
Rob Douglas is a pastor in Perth, Western Australia. He is a former journalist, newspaper editor, and community services manager, and he is the author of He Speaks Our Language (2014).
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8 books2 followersRob Douglas is a pastor, based in Perth, Western Australia. He is formerly a journalist, newspaper editor and community services manager. Rob is a storyteller who likes to bring people into his world, and at the same time bring life to stories from the Bible.
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August 12, 2019
Come Eat With Me!
By Rob Douglas
Reverend Rob Douglas is an Australian minister of a conservative denomination and in Come Eat With Me takes through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation writing stories with the theme of hospitality at their center.
Douglas presents the theology of the Bible centered around hospitality, and shows us God's hospitality working with humanity. Our meals are a metaphor for relationship, and God's purpose is to invite us to a meal with our Creator. He highlights the benefits and the challenges but ultimately with the theme that in the end we sit down as a meal with God.
The theme that Douglas drives home is that God has offered us hospitality from the first moment of creation, and through the ages has continued, and that hospitality is both physical and spiritual nourishment. Those who follow Jesus are called to provide physical and spiritual nourishment to every human being regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, or political-economic station in life.
Evangelism is bringing us all together under the banner of the One God, of many faces, providing for the spiritual and physical needs of all.
Fr. River Damien Sims, D.Min., D.S.T.
www.temenos.org
By Rob Douglas
Reverend Rob Douglas is an Australian minister of a conservative denomination and in Come Eat With Me takes through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation writing stories with the theme of hospitality at their center.
Douglas presents the theology of the Bible centered around hospitality, and shows us God's hospitality working with humanity. Our meals are a metaphor for relationship, and God's purpose is to invite us to a meal with our Creator. He highlights the benefits and the challenges but ultimately with the theme that in the end we sit down as a meal with God.
The theme that Douglas drives home is that God has offered us hospitality from the first moment of creation, and through the ages has continued, and that hospitality is both physical and spiritual nourishment. Those who follow Jesus are called to provide physical and spiritual nourishment to every human being regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, or political-economic station in life.
Evangelism is bringing us all together under the banner of the One God, of many faces, providing for the spiritual and physical needs of all.
Fr. River Damien Sims, D.Min., D.S.T.
www.temenos.org
July 17, 2019
Come Eat With Me shares the biblical theme of hospitality as seen through the Bible’s various meal stories. In presenting his various vignettes, the author goes behind the mere text of the biblical accounts to tell masterful stories of the characters and their relationship with God. Douglas invites the reader into a deeper knowledge and appreciation of God’s hospitality and grace through the various biblical stories he presents. Through these stories, Douglas invites readers to respond to God’s hospitality in their own lives and the lives of those in their community. Douglas doesn’t shy away from the tensions that arise from these biblical stories. He presents the characters’ struggles, doubts, and ambivalence as they seek to relate to the mysterious God who beckons them to relationship through the common act of eating meals together. Taken together, the collection of these vignettes presents the whole story of the Bible in a fresh, accessible way. This book is recommended both to those who are not familiar with the Bible, as well as those for whom the Bible may be a bit too familiar. This book reminds weary spiritual pilgrims that God is waiting to invite them to come in, sit down, and enjoy a meal together. There is much “food for thought” for readers, preachers, teachers, and those who want to experience God and the Bible in a fresh and interesting way. Recommended.
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Disclosure: I received this book free from the author and/or publisher through the Speakeasy blogging book review network. My review is an honest, unbiased review reflecting my own opinion of the work. I was not required to write a positive review of this work. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16CFR, Part 255.
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