Dear sisters and brothers, What a glorious time we had this past Sunday! We held our first in-person all-church meeting in almost two years. We celebrated Jesus’ lordship of love and the baptism of Aletheia Austin into the Body of Christ. We rejoiced in Nancy…
Consenting to Beloved Community
Dear sisters and brothers, In my sermon this past Sunday I shared the good news that God’s love cultivates in us a whole-life love for God and neighbor that overflows the borders of our self interest and brings us into embodied, material solidarity with each…
Resources on the Problem of Suffering
Dear brothers and sisters, This past Sunday I preached from the lectionary passages about the “problem of suffering.” When bad things happen in the world, or in our lives, often our first move is to speculate about why this is happening. We try to parse…
Arguing With God in Prayer
On Sunday we proclaimed the good news that God’s healing justice is flowing straight into our desperate needs and overwhelming problems, a raging torrent of love that can’t help itself from responding to our cries for mercy. I encourage you to listen to the sermon…
How We Discern God’s Presence
In Andrea’s sermon this past Sunday, she mentioned that part of how we respond to the good news is to participate in the basic rhythms of our common life as a church. But cultivating any kind of common life together has been a significant challenge…
Face Masks in Worship
In light of Indianapolis going back into the “Substantial” (Orange) Level of Community Transmission (you can check stats here or here), as well as new guidance from the CDC, and a request from our Bishop, we are asking that everyone wear a face mask before,…
Offering What We Have
Dear Church, This past Sunday I preached from the stories of David’s sin against Bathsheba, and Jesus feeding the five thousand in John 6, proclaiming that Jesus is pulling us out of our fearful grasping for power and privilege, and gathering us into his kingdom,…
Let Us Go Across to the Other Side
The good news proclamation from this past Sunday was from Mark 4:35-41–the well-known story of Jesus calming the wind and the waves. We proclaimed that as we follow Jesus into boundary-crossing mission, we can count on opposition; storms of chaos that threaten to sink us.…
Consenting to Communion in the Trinity
Dear Church, This past Sunday was Trinity Sunday, which is always perilous for preachers. It’s quite easy to accidentally preach heresy, especially if you try and explain the Trinity using an analogy or illustration. I quoted theologian Herbert McCabe, who said Dealing with God is…
Abiding in Christ, Belonging to Each Other
Dear Church, One of the ways I see God is at work at The Table is in the relatively large number of people who are called and equipped to proclaim good news in our worship gatherings. We are blessed to have 9 people on our…
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