What do we do when our President (or a mayor, governor, or pastor) says and defends something that is full of hate speech, white supremacy, and prejudice? Here are some (unfinished, incomplete) thoughts on how we at The Table think about and approach leaders who…
Story Night Goes Public July 11
The sharing of story has been a defining practice in our community. We started our church by each person sharing 3 stories from their lives and the community responding with appreciation and curiosity. Then a year or so later we held a monthly Story Night.…
What Do We Do With Our Shame?
What is shame? Brené Brown says shame is “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging – something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection.” This kind of shame is a tool…
A Way Forward Together
What a wonderful week we had discussing the future of leadership at The Table. Last Wednesday we had a video call with Canon Kimberley Pfeiler from our diocesan office. She spoke briefly about Anglican polity and answered our questions pertaining to the formation of a vestry. Many…
Podcast Recommendations and Teaching at The Table
Christ was a teacher; he held out Kingdom truth and reality to those whom he ministered. At the Table we are committed to developing and equipping the entire human person: mind, soul, body, and heart. Teaching is part of our integrative approach to building up…
It Takes a Church to Raise a Child
There are churches you can go to that will entertain your kids; there are churches that will give you a break from parenting during the hour or so worship service; there are churches that will assertively ask you to take your child into special designated…
New Sermon Series: Beginnings and Endings
Sunday August 19 we start a new sermon series called Beginnings and Endings that will continue through November up until Advent. Here’s a little of what it’s all about: We’ve inherited a lot of assumptions about how it all began and how it will all end.…
Lament as Mission in the Suburbs
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.“ – Karl Marx
Learning to Parent from Jesus’ Father
Two times the Father speaks audibly to the Son, each before the Son was to endure great suffering (Baptism – Matt 3, Mount of Transfiguration – Matt 17), both times saying the same thing. Did he give him a pep talk? Threaten him with punishment…
Discipleship is About Telling a Better Story
Rory Sutherland recounts in a TED Talk the story of how potatoes were introduced to 18th Century Prussian peasants in what is modern day Germany. Frederick the Great wanted to bring potatoes to Prussia because at the time the only source of carbohydrates was wheat.…
