Feasting on Hope: Sacraments, Trauma, and Formation in the Church (Hannah King) Ep. #217

Is communion just a symbolic snack—or a mysterious, formative act of grace?

In this episode, Rev. Hannah King, an Anglican priest and author of the upcoming Feasting on a Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness, joins Dru Johnson to explore why the Lord’s Supper is essential for the Christian life.

Hannah shares her journey from evangelical church spaces into Anglicanism, unpacking how the Eucharist re-centered her understanding of salvation as bodily, communal, and ongoing. She shares deeply personal stories—of trauma, grief, and healing—that reveal how the sacrament offers more than information: it offers union with Christ.

Together, they tackle difficult questions: Will weekly communion become rote? Why is the Eucharist so often sidelined in modern worship? What do we gain when we treat the Table as the center, not the add-on? And how does this sacrament speak to survivors, children, skeptics, and the spiritually weary? Hannah reminds us that even when we feel nothing, the Table is still doing its work. Like Sabbath and marriage, it shapes us slowly—but surely.

For more on Hannah's work: https://www.hannahmillerking.com/

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Chapters: 00:00 Understanding Barriers to Worship 03:06 The Role of Liturgy in Worship 06:14 The Nature of Worship Experience 08:58 Structure of Anglican Worship 12:11 The Importance of the Eucharist 15:07 Embodied Faith and Redemption 22:21 Exploring the Nature of the Soul and Body 24:40 The Familial Nature of Faith and Community 26:20 The Dynamics of Church and Class 28:12 Rituals, Liturgy, and Their Impact on Worship 30:31 The Eucharist: A Meal of Fellowship and Equality 35:18 Embracing Mystery in the Lord's Supper 39:25 The Centrality of the Eucharist in Christian Worship