There's a moment in one of the resurrection stories where two of Jesus' followers spend an entire day talking with a stranger on the road — processing, arguing, trying to make sense of everything. Hours of conversation. And they still don't see what's right in front of them until they sit down and break bread together.
Something about that rings true. The people we debate, scroll past, or keep at a comfortable distance stay ideas to us. Abstract. Manageable. And at arm’s length, we suppose we can examine them just fine. But something shifts when we actually share a table. When we are passing bread to the person next to us, the stranger becomes a person and in that person, if we're paying attention, we catch a glimpse of the presence Christ.
The early church believed the table was where resurrection became real - and where they learned what it meant to be a community of the Risen Jesus - not just as a doctrine to affirm, but as a life to be touched. We still believe that.
This Sunday we're in Luke 24, thinking together about what it means to be a community of welcome. Join us!
