You can download a PDF of this weeks discussion guide here. I am excited to introduce the writer of this week’s reflection, my mom, Dianna Ullery. She has a background in environmental education and as I started reading Ask the Beasts…
Year: 2014
Ask the Beasts Chapter 1
You can download a PDF of this weeks discussion guide here “God looked over everything she had made: it was supremely good.” ~ Genesis 1:31 As I read this first chapter of Ask the Beasts, the piece that has stuck with me this…
Open Table Spring Update
Greetings Sisters and Brothers, I hope this letter finds you well! As spring begins to turn toward summer we are eagerly preparing for Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio July 2-6. While the work and ministry of Open Table extends well…
Write. More. & Holy. Week.
On my bulletin board at work I have a bright yellow sticky note with the words “Write.” “More.”. This was my gentle reminder to myself that I need write more words. Real words. In full sentences. Not just emails and…
Walking in the Darkness
In my reflection in Ash Wednesday service with Living Stream, which you can re-watch here, I talked about vulnerability and how Lent is our opportunity to come before God in all our beautiful vulnerability. We of course can, and should,…
A Living, Open Lenten Journey
Though many of us are feeling buried under a continual blanket of snow, or are growing ever anxious as the seasonal rains aren’t arriving this year, all around spring is starting to burst forth. In little ways: swollen buds on…
Open Table in 2013
Wow! We made it through our first full year as an organization! And a very good year it was. We hosted some 200 guests at our “free” Open Table Reception/Dinner on the first evening of Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC.…
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