a good thought in progress from cheryl…
Most conversations about new forms of church or christian community are
about rethinking the table at which the disciples sit. True confession…
this project doesn’t emerge from any interest in that table, or even
really in the disciples. i think the really interesting stuff of the
gospels is the other stories – the tables Jesus went to where the
disciples weren’t invited, or where they were so absent no-one thought
to mention their presence – the afternoons at Mary and Martha’s, the
nameless person’s house where Jesus met the syro-phonoecian woman,
dinner at Levi’s house, dinner with Peter’s mother, the ‘water into
wine’ wedding table… i think they’re the fun tables.
This is a truly wonderful way of reimagining what is happening at worship. Nothing is changed, merely the way we view it. Brilliant!!
Once again, Cheryl hits it spot on.
I like this, very Actor Network theory, viewing faith from the tables perspective. Remember— tables have feelings too!
‘Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Table’