Sharing Table Differently

The spiritual life is meant to reshape how people live together. The point was never about having a social ethic in theory. It was to become the ethic itself—embodied, visible, disruptive. Gathering, especially around food, changes the social dynamic. How food is shared, who is welcomed, and what is prioritized all reveal the kind of world being built. We are called to a new social order in which we literally share table differently! A table isn’t just a place to eat; it’s a structure of values. When that structure opens to the excluded and rejected, a different kind of power is made visible—one not based on dominance, purity, or control. Too often, access to the table is shaped by fear, not love. Life can be arranged differently, and must be.

Go now and live a new social order
by sharing the table differently,
with openness, courage, and compassion.

(inspired by Richard Rohr, Jesus’ Alternative Plan)