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For the Goodness
For the Goodness
Kelli JoyceNovember 4, 2024
A Necessary Change
A Necessary Change
Kassaundra Shanette LockhartOctober 28, 2024
Called to Imagine
Called to Imagine
Lin Story-BunceOctober 21, 2024
Weathering the Change
Weathering the Change
Rev. Sandra DorsainvilOctober 14, 2024
With Purpose and Joy
With Purpose and Joy
Dr. Benita VarnadoOctober 7, 2024
In the Process of Becoming
In the Process of Becoming
Blair RamseySeptember 30, 2024
The Master Knitter
The Master Knitter
Rev. Cheryl HarrisSeptember 23, 2024
Behind the Hedge of Uncertainty
Behind the Hedge of Uncertainty
Chris ThomasSeptember 16, 2024
Painting the Kitchen
Painting the Kitchen
Barbara PresnellSeptember 9, 2024
Somewhere Beneath the Surface
Somewhere Beneath the Surface
Lin SBSeptember 2, 2024
Yielding Beautiful Treasures
Yielding Beautiful Treasures
Daryn StylianopoulosAugust 26, 2024
Embracing Your Inner Child
Embracing Your Inner Child
Millicent FlakeAugust 19, 2024
Prayer Goes Further with Some Brownies
Prayer Goes Further with Some Brownies
Keith A. MenhinickAugust 12, 2024
Right Foot, Left Foot, Breathe
Right Foot, Left Foot, Breathe
Khette CoxAugust 5, 2024
Paddling with Jesus
Paddling with Jesus
Rev. Sandra DorsainvilJuly 29, 2024
Take Me to the Water
Take Me to the Water
Kari BaumannJuly 22, 2024
Lost in the Wild
Lost in the Wild
Rev. Craig SchaubJuly 15, 2024
Being Grateful for Being Grateful
Being Grateful for Being Grateful
Rev. Cheryl HarrisJuly 8, 2024
Pressing Pause
Pressing Pause
Jacki-Lynn BaynksJuly 1, 2024
Play Hard, Rest Harder
Play Hard, Rest Harder
Ethan OvercashJune 24, 2024
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Dear Lord, �Your grace, mercy and forgiveness are everlasting. We’re grateful for our relationship with you for we know that change is a byproduct of your love for us. We pray that we continue to allow ourselves to be open to growth and the shi Take a few moments to write down a few affirmations for yourself. Place those on your mirror so that you will see them first thing in the morning. Recite them to yourself as soon as you wake up and at night before you go to sleep. Tell yourself how Life isn’t perfect and that’s one of the beauties of it. The ups, downs, round, and rounds teach us so much about ourselves. Hard times breed resiliency, determination, strength, courage, generosity, creativity, humility, passion, compass It is always a pleasure to welcome back our dear friend, Kassaundra Shanette Lockhart as this week’s writer for Table Talk!! 👏👏👏⁣⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kassaundra loves God, her family, her friends, her cat-chirren, adventure, traveling, the ou What is one change you would like to see in your world? What is one small way you can begin to create toward that possibility? #tabletalk #togetherness #diversity #allvoices #youarewelcomehere #allarewelcomehere #thewelcometable #thewelcometableco Take a moment to imagine your world as it is (you can draw a picture or paint one if it is helpful to you). Include yourself in the picture. What do you notice, what stands out to you? What needs healing in the picture? Pray for the things that need God’s creative narrative is an invitation to remember that the God of creation is still creating - steady, present, moving, making room, breathing life. And It is also an invitation to remember that we are a part of that ongoing work. Our creat The world needs us to ask and to consider what in our communities needs to be reimagined? What’s possible that isn’t realized yet? What new horizons are yet to be explored, what boundaries to be blurred or set? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We are Loving God, We give thanks that you are one who weathers the storms of life with us. Be with us through seasons of change - gentle and difficult - and guide us toward patterns and possibilities of life-giving goodness. Amen. #tabletalk #togethern In the midst of the changing seasons of our life, perhaps we can experience and receive an invitation from God, as well as from nature, to hunker down, to open ourselves in quiet reflection, to carve out moments of rest, to seek out the things that w Our world often calls us into patterns of busyness, but the seasons of fall and winter remind us to quiet down, to rest, to find, store up, and to rely on the things that offer joy, peace, and nourishment to our souls and bodies. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is always a treat when Rev. Sandra Dorsainvil joins us as for Table Talk, and we are excited to feature her as this week’s writer! 👏👏👏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She is a Ministry Coach & Retreat Facilitator through the Center for Career Deve How can you use joy and purpose as health trackers in your own life? Evaluate the moments and experiences of your day today. Do these offer joy to you? Do they enhance your sense of purpose? If so, how can you recreate more such opportunities in yo When your body says, “It’s time for a change,” will you believe it? When your spirit says, “This is good,” will you believe you can have it? Make a list of the things that bring you joy, and post it somewhere where you A sense of purpose and joy can heal the wounds of living and working as the world would have us live and work. ��Let us instead embrace the life-giving call of God upon it all. 💛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #tabletalk #togetherness #diversity #allvoices #you We couldn’t be more excited to have Dr. Benita Varnado join us this week as our writer for Table Talk! 👏👏👏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dr. V, a double board-certified in Ob/Gyn and Lifestyle Medicine, brings over 20 years of expertise in both traditi This is a helpful and grounding reminder in seasons of change. The continuous and cyclical nature of Ecclesiastes 3 — It’s the sense of impermanence, but at the same time total permanence. A reminder that nothing stays and yet everything How do you hear these words, “to everything there is a season.” What do they mean to you? What is in flux in your life — where have you experienced the unpredictability of living? What has given you comfort or a source of peace in The oldest mountains are not usually the largest mountains, but are the smaller that have slowly changed shape over the course of time and erosion. This is just the requirement of life — that everything changes. 💛 #tabletalk #togetherness #di She is such a gift to us, and we are excited to have Blair Ramsey join us as this week’s writer for Table Talk! 💛 Blair is a high school math teacher in DC Public Schools. She earned both her B.A. in Religious Studies and M.A.T in Secondary M
 

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