A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHURCH

Before the church had stages, it had a table. A place of sacred inclusion, where bread was broken, wine was poured, and people were gathered.

Ordinary people were called to that table in the presence of Jesus — a teacher who would reveal himself as the Savior we all needed.

There, believers and sinners, outcasts and seekers discovered they belonged. The table still teaches us what to choose: the Holy Spirit over hype. Presence over performance. People over programs.

All of it was practice — for the feast that never ends, where people from every tongue and every tribe will gather forever in the presence of the King.

So let us return to the table where it all began, where you can belong before you believe. Because here, at this table, you already belong.