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I Didn't Dupe You

I recently heard that a few folks at my former church in Iowa felt like I duped them. The claim is that for the ten

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Thoughts on Pride 2022

For the first time this June, The Table Church marched in Washington, DC's Pride Parade. My family and I marched alongside our LGBTQ

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Bible & Theology

On the Fall of Roe

1. If you have received an abortion, no one should ever make you feel shame for that. You are beloved and cherished by God. You

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Bible & Theology

It's A Sin Problem?

The disciples telling Jesus about 5,000 hungry people— Jesus: “It’s not a food problem, it’s a sin problem.” The centurion asking Jesus

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Bible & Theology

Prayer Means Action

Everyone should hesitate before they pray for something if they are not willing to take some sort of action to help answer that prayer. If

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Bible & Theology

Open Communion at The Table

The Table Church practices open Communion, open even to those who don't follow Christianity. When we offer Communion we say, "Anyone who

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Bible & Theology

Did it make a difference?

(Easter Week Table Church Newsletter) Around Holy Week, that's a question I often find myself thinking about. Each year in the church (for

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Bible & Theology

How to Edit the Bible Like Jesus

I recently preached on two of Moses’ encounters with God. The first, in Exodus 3, Moses meets God at the burning bush. Moses, anticipating questions

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Bible & Theology

Exodus 14

Setting aside, briefly, the issue of divine violence in the Old Testament, I want you to notice this brilliant literary touch in Exodus. The book

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Pastoring

Two Years At The Table

I'm a day late on this, but it was 2 years ago on March 1 that I started my pastorate at The Table.

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My prayers are directed to two things today.

First, towards the people of Ukraine. “I don’t understand, I decidedly do not understand, why men can’t live without war.” “You would think

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