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Is There a Hidden Power of Communion in a Hopeless Age?
Hannah Miller King joins Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast to discuss her book Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness and why communion is more than a symbolic church ritual. Together, they explore the Lord’s Supper, Christian hope, embodied worship, and how the table of God forms Christians to resist consumer culture and carry resurrection-shaped love into a hopeless world. They discuss why this embodied practice connects believers to Christ’s past sacrifice, present grace, and future return and show how the practice retrains our loves and sends us outward in mission.
02:28 - What Does Union with Christ Look Like Across All Traditions?
05:04 - The Differences: Symbolic vs. Sacramental Views
12:13 - Does the Lord’s Supper Connect to Daily Life?
15:40 - Is It a Means of Hope in a Hopeless World?
26:40 - Is The Richness In "Remembering" Christ’s Past, Present, and Future?
29:50 - Detaching From Worldly Loves to Re-Attach to God
33:10 - The Power of Routine Practice
35:09 - A Commission to Welcome Others
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Mentioned In This Episode:
Hannah Miller King’s book — Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness: amazon.com/Feasting-Hope-Sets-Table-Wilderness/dp/151401114X
Scriptures Referenced:
Luke 22:19 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Luke+22:19
The Last Supper / Institution of Communion:
Luke 22:14–20 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Luke+22:14%E2%80%9320
Matthew 26:26–29 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Matthew+26:26%E2%80%9329
or Mark 14:22–25 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Mark+14:22%E2%80%9325
1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (ESV): esv.org/verses/1+Corinthians+11:23%E2%80%9326;1+Corinthians+16:1%E2%80%934
Revelation 19:6–9 (ESV): esv.org/Revelation+19:6%E2%80%939;Isaiah+25:6%E2%80%939
Exodus 12 (ESV): esv.org/Exodus+12
More from Hannah Miller King:
Hannah Miller King’s article at Christianity Today: christianitytoday.com/writers/hannah-miller-king
Hannah Miller King’s website: hannahmillerking.com
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Is There a Hidden Power of Communion in a Hopeless Age?
Hannah Miller King joins Curtis Chang on the Good Faith podcast to discuss her book Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness and why communion is more than a symbolic church ritual. Together, they explore the Lord’s Supper, Christian hope, embodied worship, and how the table of God forms Christians to resist consumer culture and carry resurrection-shaped love into a hopeless world. They discuss why this embodied practice connects believers to Christ’s past sacrifice, present grace, and future return and show how the practice retrains our loves and sends us outward in mission.
02:28 - What Does Union with Christ Look Like Across All Traditions?
05:04 - The Differences: Symbolic vs. Sacramental Views
12:13 - Does the Lord’s Supper Connect to Daily Life?
15:40 - Is It a Means of Hope in a Hopeless World?
26:40 - Is The Richness In "Remembering" Christ’s Past, Present, and Future?
29:50 - Detaching From Worldly Loves to Re-Attach to God
33:10 - The Power of Routine Practice
35:09 - A Commission to Welcome Others
Sign up for The After Party: after-party.org
Sign up for The Good List: goodfaith.org/thegoodlist
Mentioned In This Episode:
Hannah Miller King’s book — Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness: amazon.com/Feasting-Hope-Sets-Table-Wilderness/dp/151401114X
Scriptures Referenced:
Luke 22:19 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Luke+22:19
The Last Supper / Institution of Communion:
Luke 22:14–20 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Luke+22:14%E2%80%9320
Matthew 26:26–29 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Matthew+26:26%E2%80%9329
or Mark 14:22–25 (ESV): esv.org/verses/Mark+14:22%E2%80%9325
1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (ESV): esv.org/verses/1+Corinthians+11:23%E2%80%9326;1+Corinthians+16:1%E2%80%934
Revelation 19:6–9 (ESV): esv.org/Revelation+19:6%E2%80%939;Isaiah+25:6%E2%80%939
Exodus 12 (ESV): esv.org/Exodus+12
More from Hannah Miller King:
Hannah Miller King’s article at Christianity Today: christianitytoday.com/writers/hannah-miller-king
Hannah Miller King’s website: hannahmillerking.com
Follow Us:
Good Faith on Instagram: instagram.com/goodfaithnetwork
Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/_good_faith
Good Faith on Facebook: facebook.com/goodfaithpod
The Good Faith Podcast is a production of a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan organization that does not engage in any political campaign activity to support or oppose any candidate for public office. Any views and opinions expressed by any guests on this program are solely those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Good Faith.
