Our first “official” commissioning of members at The Table is coming up on Sunday February 20. For us, membership is about mutual belonging and solidarity (not status and privilege). It’s about commitments we make to one another to share in everything it means to be…
Reflecting on the Past While We Walk Into the Future
Last Sunday was our final time sharing worship space with Spirit of Joy Church, where we had been for four years, our longest season of location stability ever. As I mentioned in my sermon, we’ve been through these kinds of shifts before. We started The…
CANCELLED: Blessing of the Candles Feb 2
UPDATE: Tonight’s Candlemas service is CANCELLED due the inclement weather. Stay safe out there, everyone! Bring candles and join us on Wednesday, February 2, for a special Blessing of the Candles and Eucharist at 7:00pm at our NEW worship space at Broadway UMC (609 E…
Consenting to the Joy of Christmas
Beloved sisters and brothers in Christ, This past Sunday we were reminded that it is STILL Christmas, and we were invited to consent to the joy of Christmas – the joy of knowing that God has drawn near to us in the Incarnation of Jesus,…
How to Chalk Your Door This Epiphany
Chalking the door is a fun Epiphany tradition we’ve done as a community the past few years. The chalking of the door is typically done on or around January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany (which means “revealing”) commemorates the Magi who came from…
Building Search Update
As most of you know, we need to find a new space to worship. Our final Sunday morning at our current location will be January 30, 2022. Our Leadership Team has been exploring options, discussing and praying together, seeking to discern a partnership that makes…
Waiting and Rejoicing
This past Sunday Deb preached about God’s judgment of love that we await during Advent, and this Sunday one of our texts is the Magnificat, Mary’s song of praise to God for deliverance from oppression. One of the interesting things about the Magnificat is that,…
We are in a Glorious and Liminal Place
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…
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