In worship this week, we proclaimed the good news that in Jesus, the realm of the heavens has arrived as a gift of God’s mercy, inviting us into the life that is truly life. This is the context for the Lenten call to confess and…
An Invitation to a Good Lent
Dear Church, The three spiritual disciplines associated with Lent are fasting, prayer, and almsgiving. This Lent we’re inviting everyone at The Table to discern a spiritual discipline that enables you to get in touch with your body, your desires, and God. The goal of Lenten…
College of Preachers is Wrapped (For Now)
Dear sisters and brothers, We just wrapped up our college of preachers the last 3 Sundays. If you had to miss or didn’t hear I encourage you to give a listen: We’ve done the college of preachers several times over the last few years, each…
Getting a Little Lost Along the Way
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…
The College of Preachers Rides Again!
Dear sisters and brothers, One of our core practices as a church is proclaiming good news to one another and the world, something we call “gospeling“. It’s part of what we learn to do in DNA Groups, and how we seek to encourage one another…
Learning to Walk in the Light of Truth
Dear Church, 2023 is upon us! And we are in the season of Epiphany, a time of illumination and instruction where we learn from Christ how to walk in the light of truth. My question for us at this time is: What teaching or instruction…
Welcoming the Wildest Story
Dear Church, In my Christmas Eve homily, I spoke about how the story of the nativity of Jesus intersects with the sadness and grief we feel over the gap between our Advent longings and our actual lives, and I quoted author K.J. Ramsey, who encourages…
God With Us
Dear Church, As we approach Christmas let us keep in mind: God chose to enter the human story in a poor family, from the marginalized region of Galilee, at a time of intense colonial oppression, to parents who suffered shame because of his birth, to…
Where Do You Need Hope?
The good news in my sermon this past Sunday is that, in Christ, God draws near to our broken family systems, our traumatized genealogies, our shameful histories… and saves us by fully identifying with us, becoming a child of humanity, born of a woman so…
Place and Promise in Advent
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…
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