I first read this book in 1975 and have never forgotten it. The first chapter: "The Courage to Accept Acceptance" is only twelve pages and it is life-changing.

"It is fairly easy to believe in God's love in general but it is very difficult to believe in God's love for me personally. Why me?"

He goes on to explain just why I should believe in God's love for me in a way that I had simply never heard before and certainly didn't understand. The author makes it not only understandable, but believable. Try it yourself.

I am in my sixtees and at my age I have read a lot of books about the essentials of the spiritual life from the point of view of the cristianism looking for the meaning of my life and my function in the post-modern world.AS BREAD THAT IS BROKEN has the transparency, the profundity and the optimism that we need not only for survive but for living with joy, hope and peace...mostly loving each-other.

Will be a spiritual classic. A must for people on a serious spiritual journey. From a Christian and Scriptural perspective. Too bad it is hard to find. Needs a better title.

There are two books that have LITERALLY changed my life: the first is "Awareness" by Anthony de Mello, and the second is this one. No person, book or other source has ever been able to explain the nature of God's love to me before I read this wonderful spiritual masterpiece. The main topic of the book is prayer, and it does teach new ways of praying. More importantly, I think, is the way it drives home God's total acceptance of each of us, and the nature of His Son. I've read many MANY books on Christian spirituality, and this book has had perhaps the most profound effect on me. If you never read another spiritual book, READ THIS ONE!!!