Table Chat Archives

Mallory Ruark leads the entire Body Prayer: Grieving Together exercise.  

Fr. Ben and Mallory discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus exhorts us to put his teaching into actual embodied practice (Matthew 7:13-29). The good news proclamation for the sermon: In a world that runs on the superficial status games of impressions and…

Fr. Spencer, along with Frs. Ben and Matt, discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus talks about asking, seeking, and knocking (Matthew 7:7-12).

Fr. Matt, along with Andrea Reinhardt, Isaiah Fasoldt, and Fr. Ben, discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus talks about not judging, logs and specks, and pigs and pearls (Matthew 7:1-6).

Jon Crawford, along with Nancy Nethercott and Fr. Matt, discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus talks about money and worry (Matthew 6:16-34).

Deb Sternke, along with Frs. Ben and Spencer, discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus gives his disciples a prayer to pray (Matthew 6:9-15). Links from this episode: Deb’s sermon Daily Prayer Liturgies for Fall 2020 Fr. Ben’s pastoral reflection from this week…

Soon-to-be Fr. Spencer Ruark, along with Frs. Ben and Matt, discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus addresses the way the Pharisees used almsgiving, prayer, and fasting as “power piety” that did the work of oppression rather than liberation and communion(Matthew 6:1-8, 16-18).

We talk with Carlo Peán, a beloved “remote” member of The Table, about our Sermon on the Mount series (Living the Politics of Jesus in a Partisan America), and how it intersects with a series of short stories he is writing that re-imagines the story…

Mallory Ruark, along with Frs. Ben and Matt, discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus addresses vengeance and enemies (Matthew 5:38-48).

Fr. Ben and Fr. Matt discuss the sermon from this past Sunday, where Jesus addresses anger, lust, divorce, and oaths (Matthew 5:21-37).