Posts from 2016 (Page 2)
Toward Sunday
We’ll begin a new worship series this week called Flour. Salt. Yeast. Water: Beautiful, simple, & inspiring ingredients for making Deep Commitments at The Table. This four-week worship series will invite us to reflect on the simple ingredients that shape our community of faith. We’ll conclude this worship series on October 23 with a celebration of Baptism and the sharing of our Deep Commitments. Here is a link to the online Deep Commitment Card. Encourage your Kitchen Table to begin…
Toward Sunday
We’ll conclude our worship series, Way of Love, this week with reflection on the hope found in Christianity. Norman Wirzba writes, “Christian hope rests in the ultimate victory of love over hate, a victory that is signaled in Jesus’s own overcoming of violence and death with his resurrection from the dead on Easter” (Way of Love, 200). Way of Love Outline •Sept 11: Christianity as School in the Ways of Love. (Psalm 86.11, 1 John 3.14, 1 John 4.8) •Sept 18: Fall.…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series, Way of Love, this week with reflection on the Christian story of fall & redemption. Norman Wirzba writes, “The way of love requires a transformation of the human heart and a reorientation of one’s life. To become proficient in the ways of love, we need a sympathetic and supporting community helping us all along the way. Christianity is best understood as a training ground in the ways of love” (Way of Love, 3-4). Way of Love Outline Sept…
Toward Sunday
We’re excited to begin a new worship series this Sunday called Way of Love. Norman Wirzba writes, “The way of love requires a transformation of the human heart and a reorientation of one’s life. To become proficient in the ways of love, we need a sympathetic and supporting community helping us all along the way. Christianity is best understood as a training ground in the ways of love” (Way of Love, 3-4). As children and teachers in our community head back to…
Toward Sunday
We’re excited to welcome Chris Logan to The Table this Sunday as our special guest preacher. Chris recently graduated from St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City and is just beginning the ordination process. Chris plans to move to northern California in the coming year to pursue his sense of call to ministry in our region of The Untied Methodist Church. Worship this Sunday will invite reflection on how our Christian faith relates to Labor Day. Chris’s message will be rooted in Mark 5.1-20 and…
Toward Sunday
We’re thrilled to welcome Rev. Kristin Stoneking to The Table this Sunday as our special guest preacher! Here is a link to Kristin’s address at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. Kristin is the Executive Director of Fellowship of Reconciliation, a global interfaith organization committed to organizing, training, and growing a diverse movement that welcomes all people of conscience to end structures of violence and war, and create peace through the transformative power of nonviolence. Kristin is an ordained United Methodist pastor who led…
Toward Sunday
This is the last week of our summer worship series based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Worship this Sunday will be rooted in the Parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus ( Luke 16:19-31). Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son July 3 Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan July …
Toward Sunday
In worship this week we will turn to the Parable of the Widow and the Judge (Luke 18:1-8 ). Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son July 3 Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan July 10 …
Toward Sunday
We continue in worship this week by turning to the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard(Matthew 20:1-16 ). Please lead your Kitchen Table through Lectio Divina based on this text. The process is outlined below. Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep,…
Toward Sunday
We continue in worship this week by turning to the Parable of the Pharisee & the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14). Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. We are practicing Lectio Divina in our Kitchen Tables each week to prepare for worship. We invite our blog readers to try this as well. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series…
Toward Sunday
Worship yesterday invited reflection on how the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price calls us to go “all in” so that God’s love and justice will be known for all and not just for some. We continue in worship this week with focus on the Parable of the Mustard Seed ( Mark 4:30-32 ). Lectio Divina will continue to shape our searching of scripture in our Kitchen Tables and we hope you will use this process for praying this parable as you gather…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series this week on the parables of Jesus and my message will be rooted in the VERY SHORT parable of the Kingdom of Yeast in the Dough ( Matthew 13:33 ). The Lectio Divina process is outlined below. Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus…