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…
It All Matters
Dear sisters and brothers, We are halfway through Eastertide, contemplating and celebrating together (as best we can in a pandemic!) the mystery and glory of the resurrection of Jesus. Part of that mystery, as I said in my sermon this past Sunday, is that the…
How We Will Gather This Spring
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am still reveling in the afterglow of our Easter worship gathering. It was wonderful to see so many of you (masked) face-to-(masked) face, and to commune together with the resurrected Christ. This past Wednesday the Vestry met, as…
Toward a Spiritual Practice of Belonging
Dear Church, In my sermon last Sunday on the “boundary-transgressing desire of God for intimacy” made manifest in Acts 10, I mentioned that I relied heavily on the theological commentary of Willie James Jennings. For further discussion this Sunday (Mar 28) and Tuesday (Mar 30)…
We’ve Begun a Good Lent! Let’s Keep Going.
Dear Church, There is so much to update you all on! Please take some time to explore everything in this letter so we can move together as a community in this time. First of all, the good news is that the official 7-Day Positivity Rate…
Racism & Repentance: Assignment for Week 1
In our workshop this past Saturday, Michael Gonzalez told us that “dissociation is fundamental to racism,” meaning that racism is perpetuated when we assume we are self-contained individuals, rather than integrally connected to others (both the perpetrators and the victims of racial violence). While most…
Anticipating Physical Presence Again
Dear Church, I have been re-reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic Life Together, and was struck by this passage, especially in light of the distancing we have had to endure to help stem the tide of the pandemic. The physical presence of other Christians is a source…
A New Opportunity to Participate in God’s Mission Through Giving
(Quick version: we are raising an additional $10,000 this year to give Fr. Spencer a stipend as a Co-Rector at The Table. Click here if you already know you want to give toward that. Read on if you’d like to hear why we are doing…
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