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 […]
July 21, 2012
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An entire church of exiles…
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 […]
July 13, 2012
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Victim of filicide
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 […]
July 6, 2012
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The fascinating and disturbing Elijah
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 […]
June 30, 2012
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Peace Series Part 3
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 […]
June 22, 2012
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Assembling Faith
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 […]
June 14, 2012
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The Father of Monotheism
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 […]
June 10, 2012
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Peace Series Part 2
This coming Monday is Part two of our peace series! 2 weeks ago we walked through a complicated history of Israel’s existence and how the conflicts in Israel reflect a deep rooted fundamentalist religious framework. Fundamentalism is “I’m right and you’re wrong” type thinking and can be found in many conflicts throughout the world including […]
June 2, 2012
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Not your father's Oldsmobile…
A few years back, the manufacturers of Oldsmobile cars realized they had a serious branding problem. When they polled people and asked them what the name “Oldsmobile” brought to mind, the answers were mostly about cars that were behemothian land yachts; bloated, block-long monstrosities with seats the size of couches that you could barely fit […]
May 26, 2012
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Blurp & Info Update!
Hey Folks..the following is part “weekly blurp” and part “information update”, so read the whole thing so that we can all be in the same place at the same time on Monday night. Yes…Monday night. I know there has been some discussion about a possible further adjustment of what evening we will gather, but we […]
July 21, 2012
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