"Murphy-Gill gracefully weaves explorations of spiritual and physical sustenance, delivering some gems ('recipes are best when approached like written prayers. they offer insight into practice but never promise mastery') and concluding chapters with recipes for the likes of Finnish rye bread and pizza dough with black emmer. The result is an offering Christians will enjoy taking a bite out of." --Publishers Weekly "Who knew that bread could be its own Virgil, guiding Meghan Murphy-Gill--and us--to deeper places?" --from the foreword by Peter Reinhart, multiple-time winner of the James Beard Award; author of The Bread Baker's Apprenticeand Crust and Crumb "The whole world is contained in a loaf of bread--and Meghan Murphy-Gill has captured not just that, but our humanity in her lovely book." --Alissa Wilkinson, author of Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women "A thoughtful reflection on the spirituality of breadmaking." --Sandor Ellix Katz, fermentation revivalist and author of The Art of Fermentation "This book will remind any baker that the process of making bread rekindles one's spiritual connection to and consciousness of the world around them." --Ellen King, co-owner of Hewn Bakery in Evanston, Illinois, and author of Heritage Baking "The perfect read for that quiet period while the dough is rising.Murphy-Gill manages to achieve what many do not, going beyond the autobiographical to illuminate universal truths of genuine depth.

Experienced bakers and newbies alike will find something to savor on every page." --Fr. Dominic Garramone, aka "The Bread Monk," host of Breaking Bread with Father Dominic "I adored and devoured every page of The Sacred Life of Bread. Murphy-Gill's insights connecting the spiritual life to the transformative miracle that is bread-baking stoked my hunger for the simple and life-giving nourishments of both kitchen and eucharistic tables." --Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows,bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis and former food magazine writer and blogger.