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Place at the table When I was in graduate school, we would sometimes use the phrase “having a place at the table” to mean that everyone was welcome in the discussion. It was a way of saying that we would try to hear all the voices, not just the ones that sounded like our own; that we would listen to all the opinions, not just the ones that resembled our own; that we would consider all the perspectives, not just the ones that agreed with our own. At St George's, we strive to make sure that everyone has a place at our table, too. But “having a place at the table” means something more to us, as well. The table around which we gather is not simply the conference table, but it is the Table of Christ, the altar of Communion at which we are fed with spiritual food. And we remember the Gospel stories, in which Jesus always welcomed everyone to his table: sinners, outcasts, Pharisees; the good and the bad, the “in” and the “out,” the righteous and the dubious, all the “right” people, and all the outrageous people too. Having a place at Jesus' Table means that even if we don't always agree about things, even if we don't always make the same choices, even if don't always have the same interpretations—even so, we recognize each other as sharing one bread and one cup in Christ, and we honor the Spirit who dwells in each of us in a unique and wonderful way. At St George's, we believe that it is Jesus himself who invites us to his Table, and the place that Jesus gives us is more important than any labels we might give each other. At St George's Church, we believe that everyone has a place at Christ's Table. We invite you to find your place here, too. The Rev. Dr. Paul S. Nancarrow |
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