Nourishment

For those who take the time to come to the table, both for ritual and for meal, the community of God is nourishing. It brings health. This is not always happiness. Just ask anyone who has ever come to the table hoping for cake and found cauliflower. Sometimes community requires patience, love, endurance, imagination, and courage. But, in return, Jesus promises nourishment.

Devotional, Wisdom for the WayAndrea LingleMay 9, 2018Theology of the Table, Theme IX, pilgrimageComment

Healing

In the sacrament of table and community, there lies the healing power of presence and the movement of the Spirit.

Credulous

Two years ago, my second child told me she didn’t want to get married. I paused the dishwashing I was doing, suspicious that there was a reason she felt compelled to announce this. After a little digging I discovered that she didn’t want to get married because she didn’t want to have children because...

Spotlight, Wisdom for the Way, Book ReviewAndrea LingleApril 30, 2018Andrea Lingle, Credulous, Book Review, books, TheologyComment

Justice and Peace

Three ladies have prepared the food, two from Syria and one from Iran. They’ve been in The Mix Kitchen for the afternoon, preparing for this meal. A tasty assortment of rice, marvelously seasoned meat, fried kibbeh, and a light mix of greens; we are preparing to feast on this Tuesday afternoon.

What Kind of God?

How does a missional mindset or perspective impact the way we read Scripture?

How does the Bible speak to and through a missional disciple?

And seriously, what kind of God is God?

Spotlight, Wisdom for the Way, Book ReviewMissional Wisdom FoundationApril 24, 2018Bret Wells, What Kind of God?, books, theologyComment

Welcome to the Table

I am not a table setter. I want to be. I really like having a place set for me. I like the sense of sitting down with everything I might need within reach. I like the sense that there was one who went before me, anticipating those needs. I like the sense that I might meet the needs of those at my table.

Unexpected. Interrupted.

It’s 12:00pm:

I’m finally sitting down to return overdue emails, write a nearly overdue article, and slog through a grant outline. Maybe I’ll have time to get part of one of these tasks done in the hour I don’t have anything planned today and can simultaneously inhale a sandwich.

Spotlight, Wisdom for the WayMissional Wisdom FoundationApril 17, 2018grace, community, Katey Rudd, Haw Creek Commons, AshevilleComment

Table Fellowship

When I think of the things that consistently draw me into relationship with Jesus, and those things that have been anchor points for that relationship throughout my life, the notion of table fellowship is beyond doubt the most consistent theme throughout my life.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalJustin HancockApril 16, 2018Table Fellowship, Table, Eating, Fellowship, Eucharist, Community, CommunionComment

Helpless to Help

I also took the time to share the MWF vision to construct a switchback herb garden that will be wheelchair accessible and allow people of all abilities to garden as they used the path to enter the basement below.

Songs

Songs have this amazing ability to stick with us...

Wisdom for the Way, Inter-ThemeMissional Wisdom FoundationApril 11, 2018Music, Wendi BernauComment

They're Being Good Neighbors

There’s a small group of people in south central Wichita who are working to transform the neighborhood.

Pictures of the Trinity

The artist depicts the mystery of the Trinity as three rotating orbs, spinning in 3D space, each occupying one plane, yet all intersecting.

Walking Tall Wilmington

One man’s vision of helping others with “radical hospitality” is spreading common goodness and love across the country [Randy Evans is a current Launch & Lead student.]

Wisdom for the Way, SpotlightMissional Wisdom FoundationMarch 28, 2018MWF connections, story, homelessness, Launch & LeadComment

Mercy

The lamp smoke smudged the walls. Jesus was standing in the corner, his forehead on the wall, peering out the window from the corner of his eye.

The Good Neighboring Experiment

Think of your neighborhood. Maybe it's a city block, an apartment building, or a retirement community. Maybe you live in the country and your neighbors are far, or maybe you live in a cul-de-sac and they are close by. No matter where you live, you are somebody’s neighbor and somebody is your neighbor.