The Table

Hello, This past week I had a long conversation with a friend, part of which was about friendship itself. He gave me a summary of the significant friendships in his life. They were few, but of long standing. The story was partly a celebration and partly a lament, as one of those friends was moving […]

I just came back into the house from trying to deal with a MASSIVE wasp metropolis that was established in a hollow tree next to our house while we were away. Balancing on the edge of a rainy rooftop in the dark, spraying deadly chemicals into a nest the size of a small car (insert […]

Good Morning, Oftentimes, for those of us who grew up in the Church, the stories of the Old Testament tend to be over told and unremarkable; simply the filler for countless Sunday school classes. Yet an interesting thing has been happening to me as I revisit some of these great characters of the Bible. The […]

Hey Table, Summer has been mean to our bank account (as it always is…). I just received a call from our bank that we are overdrawn by about $325. We maybe have a couple days to fix this. If you desire to chip in, click on the giving link on the right hand side of […]

This Monday I want to start a conversation around faith crises. In the past year I have found my thoughts and journal entries gravitate more and more towards this central theme, in both personal and institutional contexts. More recently, I have been greatly inspired by David Kinnaman’s book “You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are […]

As Jason was mentioning last week, the teaching team had an idea earlier this summer that we would each take on different characters from the Bible in order to discover something about what their stories could tell us. This week I’ll be looking at Isaac, one of the forefathers of the Hebrew faith and a […]

Hey, so I’m up again to chat with you about stuff faith related again. I really enjoy taking a look at different characters in the Old Testament especially. A couple of weeks ago, we talked about Abraham and his relationship with God, the craziness of God’s grace, the craziness of God’s demands, and the miracle […]

Hello community! Anthropologists call the stories we tell ourselves and our children about our past “origin myths”. When it comes to the matter of conflict and peace making, our culture is dominated by a myth about human nature that essentially says, “People have been warring with one another since the beginning of time. Scratch the […]

Hello Tablers. It feels like it has been a fairly intense week in our families life. Corinne’s mom passed away peacefully late on Tuesday afternoon. We are so grateful for all the care and support we experienced along the way – thanks to each of you that played a part in this portion of the […]

Hello Community, This week Jason Miles will be speaking about Abraham as it’s Father’s day, and he is considered by many to be the father of monotheism, and three of the world’s great faiths. His is a story fraught with the impossible. We’ll explore themes of grace, sacrifice, following and friendship. Please bring your own […]