The Table Blog

There are three main ways we try to practice sharing and live into the economy of the kingdom of God together: We share our money through regular giving to the church and our benevolence fund. We share our stuff and our skills through our Library…

Dear Church, I want to share two things with you this week: 1) We had our first Table 101 class on Sunday. We discussed the history of our church, along with our vision, mission, and practices. If you missed it, take some time to listen…

Church, This past Sunday we heard it proclaimed that Jesus is rescuing us from participating in systems that call evil ‘good.’ We looked specifically at the logic of Mammon in the story of the Rich Young Ruler. That Christ is rescuing us from these systems means that…

Dear brothers and sisters, This past Sunday I preached from the lectionary passages about the “problem of suffering.” When bad things happen in the world, or in our lives, often our first move is to speculate about why this is happening. We try to parse…

When preparing a sermon I often find myself conflicted about how much attention to give each passage. Preaching from the lectionary, we read four passages each week: Old Testament, Psalm, New Testament, and Gospel. Oftentimes, one passage will come front and center during preparation and…

Dear Church, This week we proclaimed good news about learning to honor godly wisdom in our church: that which is pure, peaceable, gentle, willing to change, full of mercy and good virtue, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy (James 3:17). James says this is…

On Sunday we proclaimed the good news that God’s healing justice is flowing straight into our desperate needs and overwhelming problems, a raging torrent of love that can’t help itself from responding to our cries for mercy. I encourage you to listen to the sermon…

Hello Church! Just a few quick updates:  1) The Table 101 We talked about doing a Table 101 class this fall, but as we weighed the current spike in the pandemic numbers due to the Delta Variant, as well as the beginning (soon!) of fall…

Brothers & Sisters, This past Sunday, we heard the good news that amidst exhaustion and desolation Jesus is calling out to you and his command is to abide and eat – in your surrender he is sustaining you and drawing you into the very life of…

In Andrea’s sermon this past Sunday, she mentioned that part of how we respond to the good news is to participate in the basic rhythms of our common life as a church. But cultivating any kind of common life together has been a significant challenge…