Unwritten Pages
Table Talk
Setting the Table
You are welcome here. Come just as you are, bringing whatever is on your heart today. Take a few moments and allow yourself to just be. Take a couple deep breaths, grab yourself a cup of coffee, light a candle, do something that brings you comfort. Allow yourself to be present in this moment.
Sometimes, the act of writing becomes the space where our souls meet the divine, revealing truths we didn't know we were searching for.
“Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find…
The rest is still unwritten”
— “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield
I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.
— Flannery O'Connor
Proverbs 3:3
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Food for Thought
As a kid, I considered myself a math person. Can any of you relate?
I am not sure why, but growing up I never felt like writing (or even reading for that matter) was my “thing”. I was the youngest in my class, and therefore I was one of the last to learn to read, so maybe that was a factor, but for whatever reason it stuck and I just accepted that the language arts weren’t my area of strength. Some people math and some people write — that’s that!
This mindset even followed me into adulthood. When given opportunities to write in various settings, I would simply offer the excuse that “I’m not really much of a writer,” and move on. Over the years, I have become more comfortable with writing, but even now, I can often feel as though it isn’t quite my sweet spot.
Not too long ago, my sister challenged me to read The Artist’s Way. After reading the first couple of chapters, one thing that stuck with me is the practice of the morning pages. Morning pages are a challenge to journal three pages a day, doing your best not to overthink what you are putting on paper. It’s a practice in stream of consciousness writing — a much different practice than anything I had done before. The purpose isn’t for it to be well-written or profoundly poetic, it is simply about putting pen to paper and getting whatever is in my head out!
It was difficult at first, but as I kept writing morning after morning, I was amazed at what would emerge. It was like a little workout for my brain. I was training this muscle of mine to write, and before I knew it, I was writing pieces I felt bold enough to share. But for me, it became less about a writing practice and more about a mindful, spiritual practice. Over time it became a form of therapy. A form of prayer.
At the beginning of 2025, my family decided we were going to spend more time reading through the stories in the Bible, and what I found was that scripture itself often reflects a very similar practice. At times the text says that God commanded the authors to write down their accounts of divine revelation, like Moses and the ten commandments in Exodus, or John’s visions in Revelation — but other times I found that the passages more closely mirrored what felt like reading an author’s morning pages. In Psalms, we read the songs of creation, worship, celebration, judgement and justice. And in Lamentations we read a different kind of story — one of raw pain and grief; a prayerful cry of people who had felt forgotten and begged for God's grace and mercy.
Reading these passages served as a reminder that even in the early practices of writing it wasn’t only about capturing historical accounts or divine revelations. It was also about capturing something deeper – something that poured out from souls that craved a connection with something greater than themselves. These writings captured a glimpse of the ways in which the divine was present with people in the depth of their own experiences. And writing was a way to help the readers better understand the ways the divine works in and through them as well.
I used to believe that writing wasn’t for me, that I simply wasn’t wired that way. But through this journey, I’ve come to see it differently. Writing isn’t just about skill or talent — it’s about connection. As I have gone through recent life transitions, I have found a blank page to be a place of refuge. I have turned to writing as a place where I can be vulnerable — a way to process, to pray, to listen, and to uncover the presence of God in my everyday life. Writing isn’t just for the “writers”. It is for anyone who longs to reflect, to seek, and to be found. And maybe, just maybe, it’s for you too.
In this Lent season, maybe you are feeling overwhelmed. Maybe the world feels a bit too much, and you need your own form of refuge. I encourage you to pick up a pen and paper and just start writing. Don’t think, just start writing. If you need help, just write what you had for breakfast and go from there.
Try writing down a list of blessings each day. Reflect on what you are thankful for and weave them into your journal. This could become a tangible way to look back and be reminded of the ways God has been present in and through your life.
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Blessing
Ultimate Creator,
Thank you for the gift of creativity in all its forms. Thank you for all the ways we can share our souls with this world – give us the courage to do so. May our creations bring forth life, renewal, and beauty for those around us.
Amen.
A little Table Talk for your table...
What is your relationship with writing? And how has that relationship evolved over time?
What role does vulnerability play in your spiritual practices?
How do you see the connection between creative expression (like writing) and divine revelation or understanding?
Try taking it to the Kids Table...
Take a few moments and allow your kids time to write (or draw) about something they're thinking about and/or something they are feeling?
Ask your kiddos if they have ever used writing or drawing to talk to God or think about something important. What did they write or draw?
Talk together about why it's important to write or talk about our feelings. How can it help us?
Meet This WEek’s Writer...
Kendall Grubb is the CEO and one of the Co-Founders of The Welcome Table. She, her husband, and their daughter are a military family who calls Nashville, TN home. Earning degrees in music and business administration from Belmont University, she jumps at any opportunity she gets to create something new and help bring it to life. From writing and performing music to leading TWT, she loves the power that song and story have to connect people from all walks of life!
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