What God does through us, he also does in us. Scripture describes this dynamic in organic metaphors: Good soil produces good fruit (Luke 8:11ff) Good tree produces good fruit (Matthew 7.15ff) Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks (Matthew 12.33ff) Branch cannot…
Evil and Suffering: Does God Really Care More Than We Do?
One of our axioms for Living a Sacramental Life is “God cares about (all of) it more than we do.” But when we start to think about this in light of evil and suffering in our world, it tends to open up a can of…
How to Be With the God Who is Here
To say that God is real is not profound… because if he isn’t real, what are we doing as a church? To say that God is so real he most fully meets us right where we really are is to acknowledge that God doesn’t fully…
The Eucharist is About Divine Union
We talked this past week in the first session of our Living a Sacramental Life class about it all comes down to love. Life is about divine communion in love. We mentioned quite a few Scriptures in our class, but one we didn’t read is…
How Do We Respond to Racism?
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…
