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Hello Tablers! Having spent some time last week exploring the connection between our longing for spring and our spiritual longings, it is somehow gratifying to see something like spring in the forecast. I remain hopeful, in a reserved sort of way… This week we will be part of what could be called a “spiritual conversation”, […]

We’ve all seen them around the city lately – signs like “Would whoever is praying for snow please stop”, “Lost spring – please find”, “Letters on the sign frozen – see you in spring”…and so on. It seems to be a fairly comment shared lament, this slow-coming thaw. The curious thing about shared laments is […]

Lately, I have been considering the place critical thinking should take in our Christian spirituality. If critical thinking alone directs our faith, we run the risk of becoming a hopeless critic. If our lives are void of it, we run the risk of becoming thoughtlessly zealous. In my own life, I feel like I have […]

If you were at The Table last week, you may recall that Sarah made an intriguing comment about the new Pope that almost sent me down an irreversible rabbit trail. Almost… Well, I did say that “some other time” we would pick that theme back up, and have decided that this is the week. I […]

I like being a Canadian. No, it’s stronger than that. I’m proud to be Canadian. (No, this is not a beer commercial!)  I am pleased with much of what our culture stands for in the world. We are often thought of as an accepting and diverse country, embracing of many different people groups and beliefs. […]

Good Morning Table Community, Reminders: -There is a short gathering at 8:00 PM on Good Friday in the C Gallery. As much as you are able, come prepared to be silent.                      -We will gather at 9:30 AM Sunday for a potluck breakfast, please  bring what you are able to share. There’s this funny thing that […]

Hello people of The Table.  This week, life has sometimes felt to me as though it has too much “range”; too much breadth of experiences and feelings to be contained in one thing. There have been moments of effervescent hope and murky sorrow; of blazing love and dark grief. Sometimes that range of feelings seems […]

I don’t usually spend any significant time reading online blogs or their corresponding comments; it feels to me as though life is full to the brim with real people and there aren’t enough hours in the day to spend with other humans in non-virtual time and space. But this week I made an exception – […]

Jason Miles will be speaking this week so please plan to join us @ 10:30 with your mug in hand! … Tim opened up the conversation for us last week about lent. It was a beautiful conversation about the “more” behind lent – not letting it be just a giving up, an embrace of suffering, […]

Hello all! We haven’t chosen to make much of it this year, but we are in the season of Lent at the moment. This Sunday I would like to explore the connection between Lent, classical music, flashmobs and adoration. Yes, I am sober and of sound mind…and I really do think those things have something […]