This past Sunday we commissioned our first vestry, and four of those people helped me preach on how God shares his power among us (and how there’s always leftovers when we give what we have!). If you weren’t there, I encourage you to listen to…
Daily Prayer as Embodied Participation in God’s Life
We just concluded our series on Living a Sacramental Life (to Combat the Secular Heresy) by talking about the way that we learn to live in moment-by-moment communion with God: through embodied participation. What this means is that we don’t really grow as disciples of…
Vestry Installation Oct 20
Over the past few months, we have been discerning how to expand and share leadership at The Table. As part of this process, we are going to install our first vestry (leadership council) on Sunday morning October 20 during worship. The vestry will work together…
How to Read Difficult Old Testament Passages and Still Keep Your Faith
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…
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