The Table Church DC

(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 3 - Dead People Do It Better

In this session we explore the ways that ancient Christians and other cultures have read Scripture. We talk about The Great Tradition (capital T), and also the great traditions (little t), and how they ought to influence the conclusions we come to when reading the Bible.

Class Notes here: https://www.craft.do/s/gCwpHcMBSYPKv6

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

Sunday, January 30, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. Every aspect of our society has both concrete and invisible realities that need to be named. Scripture calls these realities The Powers. Jesus heals us from The Powers that corrupt us and our world and sets us a mission to do the same.

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(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 2 - Bible: The Origin Story

This week we explore the idea of inerrancy, where the Bible came from, and what are "the originals."

Full show notes here: https://www.craft.do/s/H4tK6utydxtize

(Sermon) Chosen Family (Mark 3:31-35)

Sunday, January 23, 2022. Preacher: Meg Clark. Jesus' family comes looking for him, thinking he has lost his mind. Jesus, like so many of us, is offered the opportunity to find a new kind of family, one that he is not born into, but chooses.

(Class) Reading the Bible for Liberation - Session 1 - Love and Struggle

In this week's session, we introduce what we're up to and share the metaphors that have helped us understand what the Bible even is. 

(Sermon) Allyship to Solidarity - MLK Jr Day 2022 Teach-In

"If we believe we can be inferior to another, that mean we believe we can be superior to another."

This Sunday we were honored to have Itzbeth Menjívar and Kristin Kumpf host a virtual Teach-In in honor of MLK Jr Day. We talked about re-imagining power and making the move from Allyship to Solidarity.

Jesus and Beelzebub (Mark 3:20-3)

Sunday, January 11, 2022. Preacher: Tonetta Landis-Aina.

Jesus and Sabbath (Mark 2:23-28)

Sunday, January 2, 2022. Preacher: Anthony Parrott. Jesus is asked why he's letting his disciples break the sabbath. In his answer, he shows us a key principle in how to understand Scripture.