Sara Miles's Book 'Take This Bread'

Now, Sara Miles book “Take This Bread” had many differences and similarities. Sara Miles grew up as an atheist, which is an interesting key point to her journey to becoming a Christian (Miles xiii). Religion was very point blank in her book. Her parents were obviously atheist, her grandparents were very religious, but what about her? How did she become the avid Christian she is today? First it is important to talk about religion and how that affected her and shaped her into the person she is today. At the beginning of the book she was a little unsure of what to believe because she never really believed in anything growing up due to her atheist parents. One day she decided to walk into church, eat a piece of bread, drink some wine, and from then on she was a completely changed women. “Eating Jesus, as I did in that day to my greatest astonishment, led me against all my expectations to a faith I’d scorned and work I’d never imagined. The …show more content…
While sitting down one night she was thinking about a story which Jesus instructed his beloved disciple Peter on how to love him. “Do you love me?” asked Jesus, “of course I love you” responded Peter,“feed my sheep” Jesus said (Miles 93). It was then that she decided that in order to see Jesus, she needed to feed people. This is how the food pantry started. Her biggest form of activism was creating this pantry that was open to everyone. This included many minority people of different races, cultures, ethnicities, social status, etc. There was no better way than to start it in San Francisco, where the poor were everywhere. The whole entire city was centered on food. “San Francisco was possibly the most food-obsessed place in America”. But, access to food varied dramatically by neighborhood. Some very poor areas were served only by corner liquor stores selling cigarettes, Slim Jims, and potato chips, and in the ghettos, it seemed easier to buy drugs than to find a fresh tomato (Miles