Ice Fishing March 13th! You're invited!
Hey all! Mark Sunday, March 13 down in your calendar plan to join The Table’s first annual ice fishing afternoon! It’s like Matthew 4:18, ON ICE! Following the morning meeting, we’ll car pool to Lockport, MB and enjoy deep conversation and temperatures, and maybe catch something other than a cold.A bit of background. I (Michael) never in […]
Continue reading...Jesus, an offering of God…
Saturday, March 5, 2011
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Thomas Merton, a contemporary Christian mystic, once wrote, “….Though “out of the world” we are in the same world as everybody else, the world of the bomb, the world of race hatred, the world of technology, the world of mass media, big business, revolution, and all the rest. We take a different attitude to all […]
Continue reading...Going backward to go forward…
Friday, February 25, 2011
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I got the family van stuck in a snowdrift yesterday. Not big-time stuck, just sorta not-going-anywhere stuck. No big deal…I grew up in this climate, and learned to drive in the snow. So I did the things that I’ve learned work – cleared away the snow that was hanging the vehicle up, and then backing […]
Continue reading...Who is Jesus and why does it matter?
Friday, February 18, 2011
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When it comes to exploring the question of “Who Is Jesus and Why Does It Matter?”, I often feel like the conversation becomes frozen. That puzzles me. It’s as if there is some kind of toxic bubble around this topic that makes otherwise amiable and conversant folks into combatants. I’ve been wondering lately if maybe […]
Continue reading..."Fear not!" We're talking about money…
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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There are a few topics that make most preachers shake in their boots at least a little. They tend to all have some close ties to our cultures abiding realms of taboo – money, sex and power. It strikes me as very intriguing – but off topic for this email – how often those three […]
Continue reading...Those who see miracles…
Friday, February 4, 2011
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It’s amazing how a story can inspire us, teach us, and even change us! I had the opportunity to meet a great story teller, Steve Lightle, years back who spoke of incredible encounters with the Divine and the miracles he had seen. I couldn’t help but envy a man who was able to experience God […]
Continue reading...Childhood stories…
Friday, January 28, 2011
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One of the signs that you might be growing up is that you start to question the meaning of stories you learned in childhood. It can be an exhilarating exercise as well as a disconcerting one. After all, if the meaning of a childhood story can shift, what else might be up for grabs? Maybe […]
Continue reading...January 23rd at The Table…
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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If you have been around The Table since September, you may have noticed that the series I (Tim) have been returning to is a longish one. We have enjoyed the best sort of diversions (like Christmas) and excursions (the choices of the Teaching Team, etc), but we keep coming back to the “For Your Consideration” […]
Continue reading...This Sunday at The Table…
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sunday morning will be an opportunity to interact with Scripture in two ways: we will explore with our minds and engage with our hearts. The story will be one of Jesus doing something that his contemporaries considered unthinkable. We’ll springboard off of something that Tim had us thinking about last week, and the take some […]
Continue reading...Best. Christmas. Party. Ever.
Friday, December 31, 2010
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For those of you that were unable to make it out, I need to tell you that the Christmas gathering of The Table community was (in my humble opinion) outstanding. Although the pastor’s reflection may have been a bit long (isn’t it usually?!), the music was fantastic, the meal was lovely, and then the party […]
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
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