A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, & Mission Around the Table
A Nonfiction, Christian, Religion book. We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy. Tim Chester,...
The meals of Jesus represent something bigger. They represent a new world, a new kingdom, a new outlook.Tim Chester brings to light God's purposes in the seemingly ordinary act of sharing a meal--how this everyday experience is really an opportunity for grace, community, and mission. Chester challenges contemporary understandings of hospitality as he urges us to evaluate why and who we invite to our table. Learn how you can foster grace and bless others through the rich fare being served in...
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Thats the scandal of grace. It means that if youve been working hard to be right with God, then youve been wasting your time because God welcomes everyonerighteous and unrighteous alike. Tim Chester, A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table // We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy. Tim Chester, A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table // In Lukes Gospel Jesus is either going to a meal, at a meal, or coming from a meal. Tim Chester, A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table //
Tim Challies has pulled out some interesting quotes about families eating together and the importance of community and eating as an expression of dependence and how our modern set-up blinds us to this2011/09/05 just barely started reading this, but what I read made me think Mr. Chester's wife should have been the one writing this book... I wanted to be more excited about this than I actually was. The concepts behind it are extremely important and challenging to our individualistic culture - and where I work, surburbanites need to hear this in their isolated lives. Tim's examples of the way community meals work and draw people together were good, as were his examples... Really, I'd give this 4.5 stars . I wish Goodreads allowed 1/2 stars because it would make rating books so much easier!This book made a lot of good points and really made me think about all those moments in the Bible where we see Jesus sitting down to enjoy food and fellowship among us. The mental image of a holy, perfect God delighting...
