Table Chat Archives

Table Chat Live, Week 6: “Power Piety”

Published on October 14, 2020 // Written by The Table

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).

Reimagining the Sermon on the Mount From the Bottom Rung

Published on October 13, 2020 // Written by The Table

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…

Table Chat Live, Week 5: Retribution and Enemies

Published on October 6, 2020 // Written by The Table

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).

Table Chat Live, Week 4: Anger, Lust, Divorce, Oaths

Published on September 29, 2020 // Written by The Table

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

Table Chat Live, Week 3: “Beyond” Pharisee Righteousness

Published on September 22, 2020 // Written by The Table

Fr. Ben and Fr. Matt discuss the sermon from this past Sunday on Jesus “fulfilling” the law, and going “beyond” the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees.