This past Sunday we proclaimed the good news that God is just like Jesus, and during the Sunday morning class, I linked this with our liturgical practices of 1) reading Scripture aloud, and 2) preaching a sermon each week in worship. Reading certain Scriptures out…
Practicing Silence to “Let God Occur” in Worship
This past Sunday we proclaimed the good news that, though we are often blind to it, God is always present with us and working for our good in every circumstance of our lives. I said during the sermon that one of the ways we embrace…
New Series: Living a Sacramental Life
As you (hopefully by now) know, this Sunday September 1 we start a new 7-week emphasis on the spiritual DNA of The Table. We’re naming the series Living a Sacramental Life (to Disrupt the Secular Heresy), because each of the “axioms” we’ll talk about help…
FAQ About Our New Class, Sermon Series, and DNA Groups (Oh My!)
On Sunday September 1 we start a 7-week emphasis on the Spiritual DNA of The Table. We’ll talk through 7 “axioms” that name the way Jesus perceived and inhabited reality (his paradigm and posture), as well as specific practices that help us see and inhabit…
Responding to the Shootings in El Paso and Dayton
I had another topic planned for this pastoral letter, but the recent mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton (and so many before these) are weighing heavy on my heart. At the same time, I find myself tired of reading the endless responses to these…
Prayer of the Week for July 28, 2019
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the…
Mid-year Church Life Update
Brothers and sisters of The Table, I thought you might appreciate a mid-year update on our church life. The first half of 2019 has been rich. In worship We have been learning as a church to inhabit our Sunday liturgy in deeper ways. I’m excited…
Prayer of the Week for July 21, 2019
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through…
Prayer of the Week for July 14, 2019
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives…
How to (Learn How to) Pray
Prayer doesn’t come easy for most of us. There’s not enough time, it doesn’t feel like a big priority, and many of us just feel guilty when we think about our prayer life (or lack thereof). I remember when I was younger and first read…
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