Upon Further Reflection, Part 2

When I think about The Table, one of the recurring images that comes to mind is an island. There are several ways that metaphor feels applicable for me; the notions of safety, grounding, somewhere to rest, small surrounded by large, unique but with recognizable commonalities to whatever metaphorical “mainland” is, and so on.

That list is pretty positive, but there are hazards and challenges that attend to the image as well. Isolation, difficult access, invisibility, lack of diversity…and so on.

All to say, as we considered last Sunday with our reflections on the past year, and as we will explore this Sunday with some reflection on both what we are doing well and what we could do better, I want to encourage us to be both unapologetically delighted about the beauties of the island, and unflinchingly aware of the challenges. These not only can coexist, but for the community to be as healthy as possible, they must coexist, and be in dialogue with one another. More on that when we’re together.

As was the case last week,  we’ll meet at the usual time and place (10:45 am, VA Cafe at 171 Mcdermot Ave, lower level), we’ll check in with one another in Community Time, and then we’ll move into a circle and carry on with the work I’ve described above. If you can’t attend in person, please post your thoughts to our Facebook page, so we can include your voice in the conversation. We’ll livestream to that same page but there will not be a podcast of the morning, in the interest of doing what we can to make a safer space for sharing.

Kids Table will resume up again next week (January 18th), and in the following months will typically take place on the second, third and fourth Sundays of the month.

I’m looking forward to the conversation.

I’ll see you on Sunday.