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Here we are in Week 2 of our Lenten Series on Race & Repentance: Reckoning with Whiteness. This past week I preached on how Mammon (wealth + property + money) functioned systemically in Scripture. The big idea: love of money that Jesus spoke about (and…

Dear Church, There is so much to update you all on! Please take some time to explore everything in this letter so we can move together as a community in this time. First of all, the good news is that the official 7-Day Positivity Rate…

Dear Church, I have been re-reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic Life Together, and was struck by this passage, especially in light of the distancing we have had to endure to help stem the tide of the pandemic. The physical presence of other Christians is a source…

(Quick version: we are raising an additional $10,000 this year to give Fr. Spencer a stipend as a Co-Rector at The Table. Click here if you already know you want to give toward that. Read on if you’d like to hear why we are doing…

Dear Church:  We are fast approaching Lent and want to give you a heads up on what we’re doing as we enter a season of reflection and repentance together:  1. Ash Wednesday will begin our season together on February 17th. We will gather outdoors in…

Church, This past Sunday in the sermon, I briefly commented on the gospel Jesus was proclaiming in our Gospel passage (Mark 1:14-20). We aim to keep our sermons around fifteen minutes at The Table so I didn’t want to spend too much time drawing comparisons…

Dear Church, This past week we entered the season of Epiphany. Last Wednesday we held a prayer meeting on Zoom to care for each other and pray for the events surround the riots and insurrection at the Capitol in D.C. This Sunday Fr. Ben preached…

Dear Church, Today is the Feast of Epiphany! Epiphany (which means “revealing”) commemorates the Magi who came from the far-flung places of the world bearing gifts and following a star to meet the child who would become the king of the whole cosmos. After today’s…

Church, Last week as I prepared, I wrestled with whether or not I was including enough ‘Christmas joy’ in my sermon. Even after preaching it, I felt uncertain and was left pondering. To proclaim that “God is present with you in the mundane and the…

Dear Church, This past Sunday, we read the Annunciation and the Magnificat, and wondered together and learned from the humble and courageous faith of a 1st-century Palestinian peasant girl that we now know as the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the midst of our deep longing…