"[Salt] was regarded as a necessary ingredient of daily food ... When men ate together they became friends. Compare the Arabic expression, 'There is salt between us' ... which means partaking of hospitality that cemented friendship" (Dr. Edward Bagby Pollard).

The Table: https://open.spotify.com/episode/64dui0PkJFC0cPpPqOsbt9?si=Qs-MhyCdTF6gbW1MiqNPRg

Email: lydia[dot]evelyn[dot]thomas[at]gmail[dot]com

Unless otherwise noted, all Bible passages are quoted from the NASB.

How God used my feelings of rejection to propel me further into my calling to invite people to the table.

(Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture is quoted from the NASB.)

Responding to who God is and what He has done.

In Christian liturgical tradition, the Magnificat is Mary's song in Luke 1:46-55. The liturgical title is derived from the Latin "magnificare," which means "to make great." Merriam-Webster simply defines a magnificat as "an utterance of praise."

Passages of reflection, remembrance, and celebration: John 1:1-5, 29-30; Luke 1:67-79; Isaiah 9:1-7; Luke 2:29-32; Exodus 15:1-21; 1 Samuel 2:1-10; 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Luke 1:46-55; Revelation 4:8-11, 5:8-14, 7:9-12, 11:15-17, 15:3-4, 19:1-7, 21:22-23; Romans 11:33-36).

An overview of restoration and the presence of God throughout the Bible.

"In His dealings with us, God always keeps us up to the original terms" (Charles Henry Mackintosh, The Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. M. Vol. VI, Arise, Go to Bethel).

Charles Henry Mackintosh: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Mackintosh

(Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are quoted from the NASB.)

Thoughts on how to clear the waters as we engage with each other and the world around us. Are we engaging from places of self-defense and self-justification or from places of confidence? from places of superiority and expertise or from places of love? Are there areas where we need to disengage?

Listening to People Who Think Differently from You: https://youtu.be/AIFudipQV18

(Unless otherwise specified, all Bible passages are quoted from the NASB.)

"You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years ... Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today" (Deuteronomy 8:2a,11 NASB).

The Promised Land Episode:

https://anchor.fm/heres-the-thing-with-lt/episodes/The-Promised-Land-eh8749

My testimony from June 17, 2018: https://youtu.be/ARPvVmkNtSw

Thoughts on and applications of Roman's 8:28.

Principles from the book of Joshua as we move in new and unfamiliar territory.

What if we're not supposed to go back to the way things were? What if God is doing a new thing? What if this isn't a pause, but a transition? What if the position into which God is calling the Church looks nothing like the position it occupied in February 2020? What if He wants more for us? But what if we're not ready to move into it?