Bread and Wine Book Launch Featuring authors Gisela Kreglinger and Kendall Vanderslice
Calling all bread, wine, prayer and liturgy lovers! Join us for a soul filling and inspiring evening as we celebrate the launch of two books: Gisela Kreglinger's Cup Overflowing: Wine's Place in Faith, Feasting, and Fellowship (Releasing October 22, 2024) and Kendall Vanderslice's Bake and Pray. (Releasing October 8, 2024)
- Monday, October 14 at 6pm
- Homewood Location
Kendall and Gisela will be in conversation with Amanda Held Opelt.
About the Books
Cup Overflowing: Wine's Place in Faith, Feasting, and Fellowship
Drawing on her upbringing in a long-standing family tradition of winemakers and her degrees in biblical studies and spiritual theology, Gisela Kreglinger shows Christians that wine is a gift from God that we are to receive with gratitude and enjoy in wholesome, communal, and redemptive ways.
From God’s provision of manna in the wilderness to Jesus’ miraculous multiplication of loaves, bread functions throughout Scripture as a sign of God’s presence and provision.
Baker and theologian Kendall Vanderslice has spent a lot of time reflecting on the connection between the dough that clung to her hands at work and the bread blessed and pressed into her palm at church, ultimately seeing that they both were tangible reminders that God was with her and that God cared.
Weaving baking science and technique together with theological reflections drawn from a wide range of Christian traditions, Kendall will: teach you how to incorporate bread making into the rhythms of your busy life reveal the ins-and-outs of bread baking while unlocking the spiritual parallels woven into each loaf provide bread making liturgies and historical recipes to bake through a variety of liturgical holidays and seasons show how to incorporate baking as a form of prayer in our lives. As you follow the steps to bake bread—whether you are a lifelong baker or intimidated by the thought of yeast—you will learn something about the character of God and the life of faith. In Bake & Pray, you will
get not only a practical understanding of how to bake bread, but also receive a deeper appreciation for the ways God can shape you in the process.
About the Authors
Gisela H. Kreglinger (PhD) grew up on a winery in Franconia, Germany, where her family has been crafting wine for many generations. She holds two master’s degrees in biblical studies from Regent College and a PhD in historical theology from the University of St. Andrews. She teaches Christian spirituality in the academy, churches, on her annual wine pilgrimages, and every time an opportunity opens up around the dinner table, preferably with a glass of well-crafted wine to inspire her musings on wine, faith, and the importance of cultivating joy and conviviality. Kreglinger is also the author of The Spirituality of Wine and The Soul of Wine.
Kendall Vanderslice is a baker, writer, speaker, and the founder of the Edible Theology Project, a ministry that connects the Communion table to the kitchen table. She is a graduate of Wheaton College (BA anthropology), Boston University (MLA gastronomy), and Duke Divinity School (master of theological studies). Kendall is the author of By Bread Alone and We Will Feast and lives (with her big-eared beagle named Strudel) in Durham, North Carolina, where she teaches workshops on bread baking as a spiritual practice.