Comments on: I Fell In Love With A Table

By: The Difference Between Being Motivated By Power And Being Motivated By Love - Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:31:03 +0000

[…] The shift for me started with communion. I knew it couldn’t be right to minimize the sacraments of the church—something Jesus told us to continue doing often. I wrote a little about my journey with communion here: http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/fell-love-table-2/ (9) […]

By: Brian Dolleman

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:36:18 +0000

Karelys – I feel what you’re saying. I have often felt a sense of disappointment when hosting a party or offering hospitality to others… because I imagine the joy everyone will experience to be much greater than what it actually is. I always think “This was supposed to be more fun.”

I think I’m becoming aware that I have work to do – on/in me. I have too many reservations, too many voices in my head holding me back from being truly open and honest and giving. It’s pride or doubt or both. I don’t want to look like a fool. I don’t want to fail. I don’t want to be misunderstood. etc. etc.

I hope to become more free. Less self-absorbed and more present for others.

Today I ran across this video. It features Tom Sine (a Seattle area guy I have read about). I love the message: “We need to party harder.” I hope I will learn how…

http://www.theworkofthepeople.com/blog/learn-to-party-harder

By: karelys

karelys — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:21:14 +0000

In my shy search for the true character of God I feel that nothing has brought me closer than the invitation to the table.

I want nothing more than to be bread and drink to the world. But I can’t. I feel like my heart is so arid. And tired. Nowhere I look I can find reprieve.

I don’t have true invitations anymore. It feels more like a commitment to go or people’s feelings will be hurt.

I want to be inviting to people and make them glad. In this desire I feel like I am finding my way back to God.

By: 14 Good & Bad Stains 2014 Left On Me - Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman

14 Good & Bad Stains 2014 Left On Me - Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:22:57 +0000

[…] poem “Table Blessing.” I fell in love with a table in 2014 (and wrote about it here). This poem gets to the heart of what I believe about the […]

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:23:32 +0000

Could not agree more with your analogy of eating dinner in front of the T.V. If there had been T.V. in Jesus’ time I am certain he would have shut it off before sitting down for the last supper.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 06:20:16 +0000

Dp this in remembrance of me. A gracious invitation to a simple ritual that I think was always intended to bring us to a place of openness and beauty. His beautiful table. Thank you for a wonderful post.

PS: We can be thankful for blog trolls – lurking under the table – for the way they provoke such eloquent responses.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:01:33 +0000

Brian,
I’ve been on a similar journey. I too listened to that sermon series (I’m assuming it was from Renovatus Church.) I’m thankful that I now attend a church that at least sets aside a specific time for communion, and that we do it together. I dislike the trend to make communion an individual thing done during a set of worship songs. To me, it’s a bit like eating dinner in front of the TV, or getting a plate and taking it to your room instead of sitting down with the family. Communion is a family event. The table is a place of intimacy and connection. When we invite someone to sit down and share a meal with us, we are inviting them into our hearts – into relationship. I wonder what would happen if we took the Table more seriously and approached it with more reverence and intention. I love the table too and I long for it to be restored to the place of importance it deserves.

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:46:06 +0000

I can’t help but cry each time I read the story of the crucifixion from my bible. Likewise, the same emotions come when we as a church participate together in communion.
To think of all He has done for us, to truly reflect on the truth that we are ALL welcome to join Him at the table, despite our faults, our insecurities, our scars… It truly is a beautiful thing.
I am so thankful for that table.
Thanks for writing this one PB.