What if one of the simplest ways to transform our city is to reimagine the role of the table in our church? Before you write that off as an overstatement, don’t forget that Jesus brought the Kingdom by eating and drinking....
When Jesus first envisioned the Church, He didn't see a nonprofit, a business, or a building where a random collection of individuals gather on Sundays, He saw a family. And when it comes to building a family, there is no better way to do it than by sharing a meal around a table. ...
To be embraced around the table is to be welcomed as part of the family. Exclusion, on the other hand, says more powerfully than words ever could that you don’t belong here. In a culture hyper focused on what divides us, Christians have the table....
Hospitality, from a biblical perspective, is much more than serving the needs of those on the outside. It is an invitation to sit at our table, to share in relationship, to be a part of our family....
In a world where there is an increasing skepticism about one another, neighbors included, one of the best ways we can reach our coworkers, neighbors, and the strangers next to us is by having an open table....
Relationships are not efficient and people are not projects. That’s why, for followers of Jesus, an open table always begins with an open heart. But what does it look like to practically make hospitality a way of life? ...
One of the most important things a family can do for one another is share a meal regularly around a table. And the most important thing families can do when they gather is teach one another how to follow Jesus....