The Table

Hello folks. Since you are on this email list, I’m assuming that you saw our “urgent” financial email. A situation like that one is cause for some concern, and in this case also cause for some celebration. The community responded in a variety of ways. The Leadership Team was supportive, Brent (and maybe others, but […]

Hello folks. After my “joke” on Sunday about us using our email list to solicit funds, this feels a bit like the least attractive sort of irony. That said, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of effective communication options for the issue at hand, so (with the Leadership Team’s approval), I want to let […]

Taken by Tracy A. Wieler

The “storms of life” often come unannounced, bringing with them the potential to utterly destroy those that are in it’s path, often replacing hope with despair in their aftermath. Our foundational or core beliefs as a disciple of Jesus sustain us through these storms. This week I’d like to share with you from Scripture, a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]