Potluck
Parables of Giving, Taking, and Belonging
1st Edition
Published on 23. June 2010
192 pages
978-0-307-49977-6 (ISBN)
Description
It all begins at the table. A long table dressed in an oversized tablecloth and covered with various pyrex dishes, fiesta bowls, covered casseroles, dutch ovens, and cake plates. The tradition is familiar, the recipes are old and new, the people are known and unknown. But by the end of the evening, everyone is full, all having given something, taken something, and found something.
This compelling and transparent collection of meditations is based on the Potluck dinner heritage. Kim Thomas explores the beauty and diversity of food at the community table as a metaphor for the community of faith. The table offers a place of discovery and delivery, becoming and belonging.
Potluck: Parables of Giving, Taking, and Belonging is an insightful assembly of thoughts, a narrative moving readers to find that they have a place at the table-a place to give, to take, and to belong.
This compelling and transparent collection of meditations is based on the Potluck dinner heritage. Kim Thomas explores the beauty and diversity of food at the community table as a metaphor for the community of faith. The table offers a place of discovery and delivery, becoming and belonging.
Potluck: Parables of Giving, Taking, and Belonging is an insightful assembly of thoughts, a narrative moving readers to find that they have a place at the table-a place to give, to take, and to belong.
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Kim Thomas is a painter and the author of five books, including Living in the Sacred Now and Simplicity. She and her husband Jim, the pastor of The Village Chapel, live in Nashville, Tennessee.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- First Memories: The Community of Family
- First Church Potluck: The Beauty of Being Found
- The Village Chapel Potluck: An Old Tradition in a New Form
- Setting a Place: The Forgotten Are Welcome
- Snack Potluck: Life Is Messy, but It's Worth It
- New Year's Eve Potluck: Incarnational Soup
- A New Welcome: The Power of Second Chances
- An Honest Little Cake: The Virtues of Imperfection
- Divided Plates: Respectful Distinctions, but No Walls
- Root Vegetables: Life from Dark Places
- Cafeteria Potluck: Choosing and Being Found Chosen
- Soup Potluck: Seasoned by One Another
- Cake Potluck: Creativity Is a Gift
- Dad's Dessert Potluck: Reentering Community
- Invitations: Responding to the Call of Welcome
- Taste and See: The Risk of Taking a Plate
- Open-House Potluck: Being Grafted In
- Downtown Potluck: Serving Rather than Being Served
- A Plate for Everyone: Seeing a Need and Responding
- A Basket of Soul Food: "Enough" Is Always Satisfying
- Prewedding Potluck: Mingling Our Salt
- Notes in the Margins: Recording the Stories of Life
- Broken Bread: The Potluck Gospel
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
