Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

A Bigger Table, Expanded Edition with Study Guide: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community

Duration
7H 35min
Language
English
Format
Category

Religion & Spirituality

A Bigger Table invites readers to envision a church that is big enough for everyone, by holding up a mirror to the modern church and speaking clearly on issues at the heart of the Christian community: LGBT inclusion, gender equality, racial tensions, global concerns, and theological shifts. John Pavlovitz shares moving personal stories, his careful observations as a pastor, and his understanding of the ancient stories of Jesus to set the table for a new, positive, more loving conversation on these and other important matters of faith. Though there are many who would remove chairs and whittle down the guest list, we can build the bigger table Jesus imagined, practicing radical hospitality, total authenticity, messy diversity, and agenda-free community.

This new edition includes a small-group study guide complete with ideas for exploring A Bigger Table in a congregation-wide sermon series and program along with a new foreword by Jacqui Lewis and new afterword by the author to explore the challenges of living out the bigger table when voices of hate and exclusion seem stronger and louder than ever.

© 2021 Mission Audio (Audiobook): 9781545917848
© 2020 Westminster John Knox Press (Ebook): 9781646980031

Release date

Audiobook: 9 March 2021
Ebook: 20 October 2020

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity David P. Gushee
  2. If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans John Pavlovitz
  3. Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto John Pavlovitz
  4. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth Beth Allison Barr
  5. Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty Is Trending John Pavlovitz
  6. Wholehearted Faith Rachel Held Evans
  7. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity Mark A. Noll
  8. The Long Walk Home: Discovering the Fullness of Life in the Love of the Father Matt Carter
  9. Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks Diana Butler Bass
  10. How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture Dan Kimball
  11. Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church Bridget Eileen Rivera
  12. Wake Up to Wonder: 22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday Karen Wright Marsh
  13. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism Tim Alberta
  14. Grieve, Breathe, Receive: Finding a Faith Strong Enough to Hold Us Steve Carter
  15. Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church Rachel Held Evans
  16. God Can't: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils Thomas Jay Oord
  17. It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered Lysa TerKeurst
  18. Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person Shane Claiborne
  19. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism Jemar Tisby
  20. Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far from Home Barbara Brown Taylor
  21. Red Letter Revolution: What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said? Tony Campolo
  22. Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus Jared Byas
  23. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now Walter Brueggemann
  24. When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes Brian Zahnd
  25. What's So Amazing About Grace? Revised and Updated: The Key to Transforming a Broken World Philip Yancey
  26. The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus Brennan Manning
  27. The Blue Parakeet, 2nd Edition: Rethinking How You Read the Bible Scot McKnight
  28. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem Marcus J. Borg
  29. Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity James Martin
  30. The Pursuit of God (The Definitive Classic) A.W. Tozer
  31. An Introduction to a Feminist Interpretation of the Bible Barbara E. Reid
  32. Most Improbable Journey, A - A Big History of Our Planet and Ourselves Walter Alvarez
  33. A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband 'Master' Rachel Held Evans
  34. The Water Keeper Charles Martin
  35. Revelations of Divine Love Julian of Norwich
  36. Your Sacred Self Wayne W. Dyer
  37. Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life Beth Kempton
  38. How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Leslie Jordan
  39. Around the Bible in 80 Days: The Story of God from Creation to New Creation John Mark Hicks
  40. black girl, no magic: reflections on race and respectability Kimberly McIntosh
  41. Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco Kaleb Dahlgren
  42. Constellations: Reflections From Life Sinéad Gleeson