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Our Greater Communal Harvest
Our Greater Communal Harvest
Kendall GrubbJuly 28, 2025
Stronger Together
Stronger Together
Kendall GrubbJuly 21, 2025
The Light Within
The Light Within
Lin Story-BunceJuly 14, 2025
Our Beating and Connected Hearts
Our Beating and Connected Hearts
Barbara PresnellJuly 7, 2025
Practitioners of Hope
Practitioners of Hope
Rev. Cheryl HarrisJune 30, 2025
Beauty from Ashes
Beauty from Ashes
Millicent FlakeJune 23, 2025
Sing a New Song
Sing a New Song
Daryn StylianopoulosJune 16, 2025
Drip, Drip, Fills The Bucket
Drip, Drip, Fills The Bucket
James BlayJune 9, 2025
Step by Step, Ripple by Ripple
Step by Step, Ripple by Ripple
TWT TeamJune 2, 2025
Remembering Them
Remembering Them
Lin Story-BunceMay 26, 2025
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As our summer series “Ripples of Hope” comes to a close, we are featuring our founders as this our writers for this week’s Table Talk! 💛

It’s been a while since we’ve introduced ourselves, and there are a lot of new, w There are times in life when we are reminded that it doesn’t matter where you are from or who you vote for; it doesn’t matter what team you pull for or where you go to church. These kinds of life changing events tear down the walls and br There are many around us experiencing loss or tragedy. For some it’s communal and others individual. Seek out ways to spark the extraordinary around you. Bring a meal to a grieving family, or leave an anonymous note of encouragement for a neigh Let us be reminded of this simple truth – that, above everything that threatens to tear us apart, we are much stronger together. 💛��How have you seen your community come together in the midst of loss and tragedy? What do you think allows us to Jesus reminds us, “You are the Light of the world,”– a luminous gift that brings out the God-colors of this world, bearers of a holy light that is meant to be shared. Shine it generously with your lives! ✨

#tabletalk #togetherness Let us be brave enough to see and be the light we are called to be,
�In a world that is not always kind, let us be kind.
In a world that feels deeply divided, let us build connection.
In a world that often diminishes true value, let us seek out beaut Light doesn’t have to try to shine—it simply does. What if the light within you is already shining brighter than you realize? ✨

#tabletalk #togetherness #diversity #allvoices #youarewelcomehere #allarewelcomehere #thewelcometable #thewel Creator God, 
Thank you for the blessing of birdsong, for the wind in the trees, and the air that waves the grasses. Help us to honor our shared heartbeats, teach us to be loving caretakers of this bountiful world, and remind us daily that life is sa We are all fragile creatures, every minute on the verge of death, or life. Somewhere in our fragile hearts is the capacity to love one another and the world around us. We long for that. We need it! 💛🪽

May we pay attention to the beats of our own h We are so excited to feature Barbara Presnell as our writer for this week’s Table Talk! 👏👏👏

Barbara is a writer and teacher of writing who lives in Lexington, NC. Her five books of poetry include Piece Work, which documents the textile indu Practitioners of hope, tend to the growing edge; nurture the religious imagination that manifests as the communal intent to sustain one another and journey together toward joy and freedom! ❤️

#tabletalk #togetherness #diversity #allvoices #youarewel We must learn what it means to hope so as not to be overtly disturbed or uneasy. 

That is our growing edge --- in the midst of turbulent times - to learn hope in the midst of trial, to practice hope no matter the circumstances. 💛

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