From Trevor Williams, who will be sharing with us this week: In our Canadian society these days we emphasize the importance of being tolerant and exhibiting polite company. There are certain topics we do not discuss in social contexts, and there are certainly ways we do not talk within varying social contexts. Rudeness and crudeness […]
June 11, 2014
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This Wednesday Evening at The Table (June 11, 2014)
As most of you know Tim and his family are gone this month, but fear not, The Table will soldier on with a slate of really interesting speakers from within our community. This week Donavan Heiken will be sharing with us. Here is short preview of things to come: Hello hello, Tuesday is still upon […]
June 1, 2014
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This Wednesday at The Table (June 4, 2014)
This past week, the countryside around our home has done the thing I count on it doing every spring – it has burst into a myriad of greens. My favorite spectrum…the varied, iridescent and verdant colors of new life! I’m a road hazard sometimes, just gawking at the greens… And I’ve found myself, when I’m […]
May 25, 2014
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This WEDNESDAY EVENING at The Table… (May 28, 2014)
Ah yes…it finally feels like summer is an actual possibility, not a virtual one! And, in keeping with that possibility and our plans, we will NOT be meeting this Sunday morning, but this Wednesday evening, at 6:30 p.m. at 493 Notre Dame. I had a conversation this past week that reminded me again of how […]
May 16, 2014
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This Spring at The Table (May 18, 2014)
Seeds are amazing! For most of my growing up years my parents kept a fairly large garden. They both seemed to find it invigorating to work in it and took real pleasure in the results. My memories are probably a bit skewed by my recollection of being required to help with that work, but my […]
May 11, 2014
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This Week at The Table (May 11, 2014)
Have you ever noticed how sometimes it seems like suddenly you are seeing the same name or thing or brand almost everywhere? I remember feeling that way about the American essayist and novelist Annie Dillard. Within a fairly short period of time, it seemed like I was encountering her name, and seeing her work quoted, […]
May 2, 2014
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This Week at The Table (May 4, 2014)
Hey folks…Today it finally felt like spring! In our country neighborhood you can tell it’s spring because the real estate signs start popping up. Maybe people get restless in spring, maybe they want to try to move while the kids are out of school, maybe they can’t get anything else to grow in their gardens […]
April 25, 2014
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This Week at The Table (April 27, 2014)
I’ve been thinking about summer. (Well Tim…that is hardly news!) O.k…I’ve been thinking constantly and borderline obsessively about summer. Better? And because I’m married to someone that plans ahead, that also means I have been thinking about travel plans. I’ve traveled a bit, although compared to some of the globe-trotting denizens of The Table I’m […]
April 18, 2014
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This Easter At The Table… (April 20, 2014)
Easter Sunday! This is supposedly the apex of the Christian calendar. It’s often been about the resurrection, and how we are now the recipients of everything we could ask for and more (something including a new car). I’d like to explore the dark side of Easter a little (but not make it too dark), and […]
April 12, 2014
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This Week At The Table – April 13, 2014
I was outside earlier this week, enjoying the rather delightful warmth we experienced and thinking about spring. In contrast to my happy thoughts, I was listening to the fine Canadian husband and wife duo Whitehorse singing the song Cold July which is about an overdue relational thaw. Maybe it was that combination, together with the […]
June 16, 2014
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