The Table Church DC

Sermon - Thus Says the Lord; Thus Says the Lord (Exodus 5)

Exodus 5 shows us two worlds with entirely opposed organizing ideas. Is there hope for the healthier one to prevail?

Sermon - If Your god is not God, Fire Him

Sunday, March 6, 2022. We take a look at Moses' encounters with God and how God wants to free us from misconceptions about God.

(Sermon) Bringing Life in a Culture of Death (Exodus 1:15-22)

Small actions, done with great love, can make all the difference. Sometimes, I’m convinced that those small actions, taken faithfully day after day, by each and every one of us, is the only thing that has ever managed to change the world, to bend the universe toward justice and righteousness. 
 
Any action that says, “You are not alone,” is a sign of new life springing out from old ground. Any time we care for ourselves, we are breathing new life into these old bones. Any time we stand up to a person of authority and say “Enough is enough” to the culture of death, that is new life. When we work together to protect the least of these, the marginalized, the oppressed, the outsiders, the persecuted, that is a form of rebirth.
 
It is life springing forth from death.
 
Let us together become people who bring forth life, not death.

Sermon - The Origin of Hope and Possibility (Exodus 1:1-14)

Sunday, February 20, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. Exodus is the origin story of all other stories of liberation, salvation, and freedom. In it we find ourselves and the possibility of the beautiful future that God is pulling us into.

(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 5 - Cruciform and Liberation Lenses

In this session we put on two specific lens to read Scripture. The Cruciform lens and the Liberation lens. We then use these to take a look at two specific passages: Genesis 16 (the mistreatment of Hagar) and Mark 7 (the Syrophoenecian Woman). 

(Sermon) Let My People Go - Sabbath

Sunday, February 13, 2022. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina. As we begin a new series on the book of Exodus, thinking about salvation and liberation, Pastor Tonetta grounds us in the most important part of any sort of work that will matter: REST.

(Class) Reading the Bible For Liberation - Session 4 - Everyone Has A Lens

In this session, we explore the different "interpretive" lenses we put on when we read Scripture

(Sermon) Jesus Confronts the Powers of Legion Part 2 (Mark 5:1-20)

Sunday, February 6, 2022. Pastor Tonetta continues our look into the story of Jesus and Legion. It's a story that lays the foundation of understanding why decolonizing is a deeply Jesus-centered work.