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Expanding Worlds & Opening Hearts
Expanding Worlds & Opening Hearts
Barbara PresnellJuly 26, 2021
It’s The Simple Things
It’s The Simple Things
Khette CoxJuly 12, 2021
Finding Freedom in Sacrifice & Couscous
Finding Freedom in Sacrifice & Couscous
Justin GrubbJuly 5, 2021
On Our Best Day
On Our Best Day
Rev. Dr. Ka’thy Gore ChappellJune 28, 2021
Little Pictures Have Big Ears
Little Pictures Have Big Ears
Daryn StylianopoulosJune 21, 2021
Sit on the Porch and Visit a While
Sit on the Porch and Visit a While
Rev. Cheryl HarrisJune 14, 2021
Welcoming Voices to the Table
Welcoming Voices to the Table
Kendall GMay 31, 2021
Are We Listening?
Are We Listening?
Lin SBMay 24, 2021
I Am Because We Are
I Am Because We Are
Daryn StylianopoulosMay 17, 2021
A Mothering Kind of Love
A Mothering Kind of Love
June BunceMay 10, 2021
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It’s an honor and a pleasure to welcome back Rev. Dr. Keith Menhinick as our writer for this weeks Table Talk! 👏👏👏 Rev. Dr. Menhinick is a Lecturer in Religious Studies and Affiliate Faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies a God of all that is amazing within and around us – ​​​​​​​​ Life is hard, complicated, and overwhelming. ​​​​​​​​ It is easy for us to get caught up in our day-to-day ​​​​​​​​ and to miss the ways that you are all around us. ​​​​​​​​ Awaken us t When it all feels too much, let us remember that we are not alone and we are each deeply loved! 💛​​​​​​​​ Let us remember to be near to one another and hold space for one another. Let us extend compassion and share love unconditionally. Let us look The world around us is afire with God, Elizabeth Barrett Browning writes. ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ At the very least, the world all around us is about to be aflame with fall! 🍁🍂 This is especially true for those who live in the mountain regions. We are en We can often miss the holy, amazing things happening around us because we get so wrapped up in what feels routine – going through the motions of simply getting from one moment to the next. ​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ We get so focused on the day-to-day & Loving God, Teach us to listen closely to the young among us—to their honesty, their questions, their wonder. Help us model compassion, humility, and love—And make us people who notice, who welcome, and who keep learning from the youngest If we want our children to embody the kingdom of God, then we must be intentional in shaping them toward it. We must foster humility, compassion, and wonder in them—and model those same qualities in ourselves. Children are always watching. They Too often, we assume wisdom must be polished, erudite, or packaged in the way adults communicate. But in doing so, we miss the very insights that Jesus told us to look for. As a new school year begins and classrooms fill again with students and teac When we reflect on the biblical images of tables and banquets and feasts that offer reminders of the kind of love and provision God provides and longs for us to share with one another, we see table where the conversation goes on for a while — l Create a space (in your home, church, or community group) where people are invited to share unfinished thoughts, half-formed questions, or stories in progress. Encourage margin in conversation—space to explore, stumble, and be met with kindness Hoping for more margin – or considering whether and when we want to extend more margin to others – is not the same as no boundaries or no accountability. Not all conversations and relitigations are entertained. We discern carefully around We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Rev. Kathryn House as our writer for this week’s Table Talk! 💛💛💛 Rev. Kathryn is Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Practical Theology and Chair of the Rev. Dr. Lee Barker Professorshi
 

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