What if Jesus was a carpenter not just by trade, but by intention? What if his workshop was meant to show us how to build a kingdom table, one wide enough, strong enough, and welcoming enough for everyone?
In this episode, Kristen explores what it means to stop guarding the table and start building it bigger. She unpacks the difference between inclusion and belonging, why DEI/DEIB exists, and how the kingdom vision goes even deeper, and who’s actually holding the tools of leadership in our churches. She also digs into how worship can either reinforce exclusion or become a table where lament, justice, and diverse voices are centered. And she names the hard truth of how money and power have infiltrated the church and shrunk the table, along with a gospel-shaped remedy that points us back to Jesus.
We will ask God to give us the humility and imagination to trade our blueprints for the Carpenter’s tools. Because the kingdom table is still under construction. The only question left is: will we guard it, or will we build it?
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Here’s to a faith that tells the truth, refuses silence in the face of harm, and follows Jesus all the way into healing and justice.
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