Make yourself a warm beverage, cozy up beside a nice fire, wrap yourself in the most snug and comfy blanket you can find, and join the staff as they celebrate Christmas together. Good tidings and cheer abound. ***Also spoilers on the true (or false?) identity of Santa Claus***

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Timestamps:

0:27 Mason Cold Open

3:04 Christmas Song Right Or Wrong Missing Word Mission Competition

31:12 Christmas Talkings About Stuffed Stalkings 

1:01:26 Credits

Celebrate good times, come on. On the LAST EPISODE OF THE FIRST SEASON (tear) the staff talk about the last spiritual discipline: celebration. We learn what desert island items people would bring (let’s just say some wouldn’t survive), and Adam doesn’t know where Jesus was born.

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Timestamps:
0:06 Mason Cold Open

1:20 Desert Island

1:20 Desert Island

31:33 Main Course – Celebration

1:03:50 Christmas Taboo

1:13:41 Things We Learned

1:15:00 Credits

On this special episode of To The Table, Lee sits down with some bona fide legends. James Wells, Dwight Johnson, and Elias Dummer join in a roundtable discussion on worship. The weight of all the goodness is almost too much. 

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Timestamps:
0:07 Derek Cold Open
4:21 Episode introduction
4:42 James introduction
5:36 Dwight introduction
6:53 Elias introduction
8:10 Main Course – worship discussion with James, Dwight, and Elias
1:08:39 Credits

The staff confess their deepest darkest secrets (jk), have some debates that would rival history’s greatest intellectual sparring, and learn a bit of garlic- I mean Gaelic- from our own Irish mate, Derek. 

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Join the staff as they each share their favorite memories and traditions from the Thanksgiving holiday, as well as hear from a few surprise guests. 

Be sure to eat waaaaay too much today.

The staff goes deep and gets vulnerable about this week’s discipline: service. Kate knows everything, Adam hates blimps, and Derek eats a pickle.

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Simplicity seems like a simple (see what I did there?) discipline to understand, but it goes far beyond just being about minimalism. The staff explore all aspects of simplicity, answer some really strange “Would You Rather” questions, and hear some “Florida Man” headlines that are stranger than you might think.

Mentioned in this episode:
• “Celebration of Discipline” by Richard Foster
• “Spiritual Disciplines Handbook” by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

The staff dives deep into the discipline of solitude and why being silent and still can be so scary at times. We hear Lee’s great Irish accent, Mason drools everywhere, and the dessert segment gets LOUD.

Scripture References:
• Mark 1
• Mark 6
• Matthew 4
• Matthew 14
• Matthew 17
• Matthew 26
• Luke 6

Mentioned in this episode:
• “Celebration of Discipline” by Richard Foster
• “Sacred Rhythms” by Ruth Haley Barton
• “Pilgrimage of the Soul” by Phileena Heuertz

Timestamps:
• 0:00 Mason Cold Open
• 5:25 All of the Accents
• 18:15 Main Course – Solitude
• 55:09 Bible Verses But There’s Also Drool
• 1:06:16 Things We Learned
• 1:08:24 Credits

Fasting: what is it? How do you do it? Is it only about not eating? This week the staff explore the discipline of fasting and the various ways you can participate in it. The staff answer some personal questions off the Proust Questionnaire, and try their hand at “kid” trivia. It doesn’t go that well.

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This week, the staff discusses the discipline “study,” what it means to study as a Christian, and how that term has changed for them as they’ve grown spiritually. We learn that some of the staff are experts in other things besides youth ministry and that LITERALLY EVERYONE is good at tongue twisters. 

Mentioned in this episode: Richard Foster’s “Celebration of Discipline”