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A Place at The Table

Faith, hope and hospitality

Jo Swinney & Miranda Harris

A Place at The Table
A Place at The Table

A Place at The Table

Faith, hope and hospitality

Jo Swinney & Miranda Harris

Hardback / bound | English
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Description

A reflection on hospitality, rooted in the story of A Rocha and the life of the late co-founder Miranda Harris, alongside her daughter Jo Swinney.

A Place at the Table is a transparent, insightful and intimate portrait of hospitality. Miranda's newly discovered manuscript, shaped into a finished form by her daughter Jo, records a written legacy of hospitality as it was written on every page of her life together with her husband Peter, their family and the wider A Rocha community all over the world. Miranda was luminous with God's light. This book reflects her light and it is a joy to see it on these pages, over and again.

The ideal book offers a compelling message that is vital at this cultural moment; it is crafted in a way that is in step with the content and is authored by someone who embodies the subject. This book reveals how hospitality diminishes relational fragmentation and it is written in such a way that feels as if you are around the table. The meal is made complete when you realise that the hosts are a mother and daughter who have lived as exemplars of generosity.

Beautifully written, thought provoking and at times poignant, this book weaves together one family's story of love and rootedness with the wisdom born of experience. Jo Swinney draws on biblical insights, practical examples from her own life and the writings of her mother Miranda Harris to explore how giving and receiving hospitality is at the heart of Christian faith.

I endorse this book as one who has been treated to Miranda's practice of hospitality. The lasting memory of fellowship over a meal in the garden of the Harris home will always live with me . . . The lifelong practice of hospitality shared here is authentic, of lasting impact and worthy of emulation.

This is an emotionally rich and inspiring blend of reflection, story, and journal

Miranda Harris was the co-founder of A Rocha. Married to Peter, she had four children and eight grandchildren. Miranda loved hosting the ever-expanding A Rocha family and was known for her prolific letter-writing, engaging communication style and ability to connect deeply with anyone she met. This is her first book, published posthumously in collaboration with her daughter.

Jo Swinney is Miranda's eldest daughter and mother of two of her grandchildren. Jo wrote her first book in her twenties and has continued writing and editing books, articles and Bible notes ever since. She has inherited her mother's love of hospitality, food and the God from whom all good gifts come.

Specifications

  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Pub date
    Sep 2022
  • Pages
    224
  • Theme
    Christianity
  • Dimensions
    220 x 138 x 26 mm
  • Weight
    340 gram
  • EAN
    9781529392050
  • Hardback / bound
    Hardback / bound
  • Language
    English

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