Spencer Ruark

Dear Church, This week, Ben, Matt, and I joined the rest of the clergy in our diocese for the annual Clergy Conference. This year, in lieu of a rigorous time of training or formation, the focus was on rest. As a result, it was more…

This past Sunday, our Gospel passage recounted Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21). This story of miraculous provision is so well-known throughout our culture that one need not attend church or identify as Christian to recall at least the loose details — the…

This past Sunday as we worshiped together, I was blown away by the beauty of what God is doing at The Table. It was one of those eye opening moments for me where God widens my perspective to more fully be aware of God’s work…

Sisters and Brothers, As we move through the season of Advent, we hold Christ’s first advent in conversation with his second. We anticipate the celebration of Christ’s birth in Christmastide, but we are also surrounded by a world that is longing for Christ’s return. This…

This coming Sunday (Nov 20) is the Feast of Christ the King, the final Sunday of the liturgical year. On the following Sunday (Nov 27) we will begin the new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent. In many ways, it feels as if…

Dear church, In the sermon this past Sunday, we heard good news about our acceptance at the table of the Lord being a settled issue. You don’t have to fight for your place in the kingdom or strategize how to be last now so that you can…

Church, From its start, The Table has pursued four core practices: Welcoming, Listening, Gospeling, and Going/Joining. We hold these practices as central to the life of our church as they help us to embody our values. Over the next four weeks, we will share brief reflections on each of…

Church, This past Sunday as we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost, we heard the good news that the Holy Spirit isn’t some fickle magic we have to conjure, but instead, in the way of our incarnate Savior, the Holy Spirit is empowering us to be…

Church,  We had a beautiful Holy Week together. Three services in the span of four days is a lot more than normal, but each service genuinely felt like a gift. At the end of Sunday’s Easter celebrations, I felt a deep sense of gratitude for…

Church, Near the end of this past Sunday’s sermon, we were encouraged to experiment in ways we can conspire for justice as a response to the good news we heard. As we have continued along in our Lenten series, Confronting Mammon with Jesus, there has…