Communal Table is a weekly feature where I share and recommend various things that I've enjoyed on the world wide interweb and other places (real places, even). A link to a particular website does not mean that I endorse everything that is said, but that there is at least something that I have appreciated from the article/book/audio/podcast/video/etc.
I hope this will prove to be a valuable resource for you. It will sometimes be entertaining, though not necessarily always. As a professor of mine once said, education should be entertaining: "edu-tainment."
Beat the masses AND Don't get all of your news from Facebook
An insanely high number of people (64%) are getting their news from only one source...not CNN, not Fox News, but Facebook! Oh my. :(
Church attendance spikes thanks to pokemon go
Babylon Bee is at it again. This is satire of course, and there is a dire warning against the classic bait-and-switch technique that is so oft used by Christians.
When Things Are not what they seem
My lovely other half wrote a nice post over at her mommy blog, Baby Blue Mom. Check it out.
Currently Reading & Highly Recommend
Why single is not the same as lonely
Sam Alberry wisely says:
Sex and intimacy are not the same. It’s possible to have a lot of sex and yet find no intimacy. Sex is designed to deepen and express intimacy that already exists; it cannot in itself create it. But it’s also possible to have a huge amount of godly, healthy intimacy without sex.
Episode 34 - Black and White: racism in america
The Liturgists Podcast discusses racism in white supremacist America.
What shootings and racial justice mean for the body of christ
Last week, Russell Moore wrote a knockout article addressing what the recent shootings and racial justice mean for the church.
We must bear one another’s burdens (Gal. 6:2), which means that those in majority cultures listen to our brothers and sisters who are directly in harm’s way.