During this message we hear from various people within our community about what The Table means to them.

Fermentation is an interesting process: It is slow and gradual. For the most part, nothing seems to be happening: it is unimpressive, and yet, it has a cumulative power that creates and transforms. So it was with early Christianity. To the people who mattered, it was of little consequence. For those with eyes to see, a new energy was bubbling up: something alive, transformational and unstoppable. Fermentation is a great metaphor for the process of maturity that every disciple of Jesus must enter into: a journey that requires patience, vision and of course wisdom.

55% of Australians say their default tendency is to distrust.

When we distrust people, we are more easily pushed into a life of fear and suspicion, which creates a more and more polarised society.

The way we as humans attempt to deal with fear and suspicion is with control: Control of timing Control of outcomes Control of other people Control of God These are all forms of idolatry, fuelled by fear. But taking things into our own hands doesn't deliver our destiny, it derails it.

Read James 3:13-18: Who is wise among you? James doesn’t want us to tell him whether we are wise or not. He says, let me see it.