The Table Blog

Dear Church, Our Lenten journey continues this week; we are just over the halfway point until Easter. Some realizations are emerging from our discussions on Mammon together that I want to name for us all:  This Mammon ‘thing’ is bigger and deeper than most of…

Dear sisters and brothers, I have a brief update and encouragement for you today. First the update: the CDC has issued new guidance on Covid-19 precautions, and now has a 3-level system called “Covid-19 Community Levels“. Because Marion County’s Community Level is currently “Low”, starting…

Brothers and Sisters, In our Lenten class and sermon series, “Confronting Mammon with Jesus,” we continue to be confronted with the ubiquity of Mammon. Exploring and expounding on how thoroughly ingrained Mammon is in the logic of our day in and day out lives is…

Dear Church, Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday, with the imposition of ashes: “From dust you came, and to dust you will return.” Two years of Covid feels like an unending confrontation with our mortality, eh? As if we needed more of this right now? 🙂…

Dear siblings in Christ, What a wonderful day we had together this past Sunday! I still feel as though I am basking in the afterglow of a beautiful time of celebrating God’s goodness and making final preparations for the next season of our life together.…

Church, What would it mean for your heart to be co-conspiring with the Divine even at a level beyond your awareness? What would be different if we were as aware of our potential for accidental good as we are aware of our potential for accidental…

I’ve always liked the part of the post-communion prayer where we ask to be sent out into the world to do the work God has given us to do. It reminds me that my weekday work isn’t separate from the Eucharist. It also reminds me…

Church!  What a triumphant and beautiful first Sunday in our new worship space. Here are a few pics from our time together: We are still working out all the ‘ins and outs’ of being in this space together. If you have thoughts or feedback of…

Last Sunday was our final time sharing worship space with Spirit of Joy Church, where we had been for four years, our longest season of location stability ever. As I mentioned in my sermon, we’ve been through these kinds of shifts before. We started The…

This past Sunday we announced that Donna Romack, MaryEllen Pitts, and Brent Croxton have been nominated to serve a 3-year term on our Vestry. I realize that, especially considering the pandemic, some of you may not have had an opportunity to connect with these amazing…