June Goudey in THE FEAST OF OUR LIVES has written a book about opening ourselves to one another, to our imaginations, and to the Divine. She shows us that the "feast of our lives" is both a blues and a rejoicing.
 
By heeding her call, we are drawn deeply into our true selves and into true connection with others. Dr. Goudey has written a book grounded in Christianity and alive in creativity. At its core, this book shows the reader how all life can be an act of worship and a reconnection to our sisters and brothers.

Dr. Andrew Canale, psychologist, and author of Understanding the Human Jesus: A Journey in Scripture and Imagination. Newton Centre, MA USA

 
"June Goudey ...offers a fresh perspective on the Central Christian act
of Holy Communion. While writing from within the Reformed tradition,
she speaks across confessions, traditions, and denominational
divides to invite us all to the feast. None will go away hungry."
Majorie Procter-Smith, Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University, Texas

"In a time when both theology and the church are heading for rigor mortis
...Goudey builds a bridge to a new sense of truth in this life-giving study
of the Eucharist....This is a work of comprehensive biblical, theological,
and historical scholarship...which moves Holy Communion from a
punitive practice to festive fantasy."
Robert T. O'Gorman,
Loyola University Chicago

"Whether you agree or disagree with the argument, you will be familiar
with some of the newest and freshest eucharistic thought in the
contemporary church"
Glenn T. Miller, Bangor Theological Seminary, Maine

"Goudey argues that Holy Communion must be freed from an almost
exclusive association with the imagery of (self-)sacrifice and punitive
judgment that produces the liturgical aura of funereal guilt, shame, and fear
in its 'celebrants'...We are Goudey's companions on a journey through
the ever-present plurality of Christian tradition to the potential for relational
imagery to embody imaginative hope for our time."
Lucinda A. Huffaker, Wabash Center, Indiana

In The Feast of Our Lives: Re-Imaging Communion, June Goudey has created a masterful critique of sacrificial imagery in the Eucharist. Its constructive insights rest on the premise that imagination is a key factor to becoming human, for it is through our imagination that we are able to embrace God's realm.

June Christine Goudey, is a leader with Body Wisdom, Inc. and InterPlay, a philosophy and practice for revitalizing body and spirit through imagination. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a liturgical consultant. From 1994-2001 she served as assistant professor of practical theology at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine. She now lives in Southern California.