Ben Sternke

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…

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 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…

Our mission at The Table has everything to do with the presence of Christ: Encountering, Embodying, and Extending… We encounter Christ in the Word and at the Table on Sundays, We embody Christ in Table Groups and small communities during the week, and We extend Christ into the world as we engage our neighborhoods and workplaces…

We have a commitment to a specific way of leadership at The Table, a way that is neither “top-down” (what I say goes because I’m the leader!), nor “bottom-up” (nobody does anything until we all agree). Our way of leadership might be best described as…

Many of us come from traditions where the goal of gathering on Sundays for worship is to perhaps learn something new about God, or get spiritually pumped up and “refilled” for the coming week. But in this Anglican tradition we are learning to inhabit, that’s not primarily…