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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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Just a reminder that our Table Christmas Gathering will be next Thursday, December 23rd 7pm at the Exchange Cafe. Come for a time of worship followed by food and festivities. If you are planning to come and stay for the ‘party’ ($10.00), you will need to reserve tickets ahead of time. (klcjohnson@gmail.com) Mario has so […]

This Advent season, we’ve been gently engaging the idea of “waiting”. We haven’t been terribly strict about it, but I think we’ve made some progress in the direction of making room for the coming of the “Other” – Christ as the one that crosses our path unexpectedly. This week I heard an interview with a […]

This week Tim Penner will be leading us in the teaching part of our worship and here is where he’s heading: “A funny thing happens when we begin to remove labels like secular and sacred from things like music and other art forms. Suddenly, instead of anxiety over corruption we have the beginning of a […]

In fact, for some people, the “festive season” is one of the darkest times of the year, a time of struggle and despair. And yet, somehow, the Christian understanding of the message we make room for in Advent is that it is one of hope. How can we hold those two realities together, and what […]

This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent. In the long-standing practice of many Christian traditions, Advent exists (for the most part) to help us learn to wait, to anticipate, what is coming but not yet here. Most of us are not that good at waiting. Our culture insists on instant gratification, and trains us to […]

These past few weeks have been uniquely challenging ones for the leadership community of The Table. That said, my experience has been one of feeling profoundly blessed to serve with people that are willing, in the words of the following poem, to “jump into work head first”. And that certainly isn’t something only the leadership […]