Hey folks…So good to see lots of familiar faces and several new ones as we gathered last Sunday morning. Many of you shared about challenging things that are going on in your lives or the lives of those around you – thank you for inviting your community to journey with you. We need to know […]
September 5, 2014
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And…We’re Back! (SUNDAY, Sept. 7)
Hello Tablers! This evening, with it’s blustery wind and rain and cool temperature, feels like a harbinger of the change of seasons. Not to get too far ahead of the weather curve – this is my favorite time of year, and I’m looking forward to the brilliant days of late summer and early fall. And…I’m […]
August 27, 2014
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This (Last) Wednesday at The Table… (August 27)
Hey folks – as the subject line suggests, this is our last Wednesday evening gathering at The Table before we go back to meeting on Sunday mornings. Jason Miles will be sharing some of his thoughts with us. This is his take on where he will be headed: “Hey friends! We just got back from […]
August 12, 2014
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This Week at The Table (August 13, 2014)
The more I take the exploration of my own faith seriously, the more I discover that it really is hard to genuinely re-consider what I believe. I find this to be the case especially when the beliefs are rooted in stories that have been told from the same perspective since I was a child. It […]
August 6, 2014
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Global Examples, Local Lessons… (Wednesday, August 6)
Hello Tablers! This week at The Table we are set to enjoy something I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while. As you will see in the paragraph below, Christina has been not just on a “trip”, but on a “journey”. And she has made what I regard as the kind and courageous choice […]
July 28, 2014
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Keep Your Eyes On The Bagels…
I was in Tim Horton’s last week (picking up bagels, for the record…), and I noticed an interesting form of advertisement. Right in front of the cashier, where the customer would stand to place their order and pay the bill, there was a small plastic placard with an ad for (I think) a Tim Horton’s […]
July 26, 2014
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This Week At The Table…Monty Python! Warning – graphic images
O.k – a little context for the subject line. I was searching online for one of my favorite Far Side cartoons, in which a cowboy with a large (telephone pole size large!) arrow through his torso is saying to his companion, “But what if it’s not just a flesh wound?”. And when you search for […]
July 15, 2014
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A Fish Story… (July 16, 2014)
What is it about fishing that tends to produce unlikely stories? It’s so common an occurrence that “fish story” has become shorthand for “you’re making that up”, or at the very least, “you’re exaggerating”. I sometimes wonder if this feature of the English language makes it hard for us to take some the Bible’s fish […]
July 8, 2014
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This Week at The Table (July 9, 2014)
Hello people of The Table. How many of you know what foolscap is? Don’t answer that out loud, because unless you are of a certain age or are a paper history geek (and that would be an extremely geeky kind of geek indeed!), it’s entirely possible that you don’t. A couple of years back, when […]
June 23, 2014
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This Wednesday at The Table (June 25, 2014)
If you know the song Beautiful Boy by John Lennon then you know the line that says “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” As a teenager I found this idea incredibly profound and attempted to take its sentiment to heart. At 31 I’m beginning to worry that I’ve done […]
September 12, 2014
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