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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.…

Dear Church, This past Sunday felt a little surreal: all of us, together, with unveiled faces beholding the Lord (and each other!). I’ve been waiting fifteen months to experience that with y’all again; I know many of you have been too.  I’m encouraged by how we, as…

Church, This past Sunday we had the joy of celebrating Emmy Jo Crawford’s baptism together. It was so lovely to celebrate an in-person baptism together for the first time in over a year! I was not raised in a church that celebrated infant baptism, so…

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…

Brothers and Sisters, On Pentecost Sunday we heard the good news proclaimed that the Holy Spirit has empowered us to groan along with all of creation – God is calling us to participate as midwives in the new creation He is birthing! In preparation for preaching this…

Dear Church, What a blessed weekend! On Sunday we celebrated the feast of the Ascension. On Saturday, Nancy Nethercott was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Dan Scott. Nancy has served on staff at The Table for the past six months and now assumes the…

Church, Have you ever had a day when you felt like everyone around you is being beaten down by life? Monday was one of those days for me. First, I learned that a friend-of-a-friend of mine had passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. I hadn’t…

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…

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…

Church, In what has felt like the longest year (and counting), COVID-19 has created so many opportunities to feel isolated and alienated from community. We have not been able to be together in the way that we would like to be for DNA groups, Table…