Weekly Inspiration 7/9/2026

The healing of our own personal demons takes work, grace, and time. There will be tears, there will be frustration, and there will be setbacks; but there will also be glory. Glory is knowing we are going to get through this and come out the other side stronger than ever. That is the hope of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came here to heal this crazy world.

Br. Jack Crowley

Society of Saint John the Evangelist

One table

by Steve Garnaas-Holmes

        “Why does your teacher

         eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

                      —Matthew 9.11

There is one table.

All our divisions are a lie.

All our hierarchies are a delusion.

We are all different, and equal.

There is no greater or lesser,

no more or less worthy,

no superior or inferior,

no better or worse.

Not in God's eyes.

There is no ladder, no pyramid.

Only a circle, where last is first

and first is last.

Our hard work

is to repent of our evil hierarchies,

to be done with comparing,

creating insiders and outsiders.

We do it by coming to the one table,

sitting with our companion sinners,

our beloved siblings, all.

They're all here, friend, at the table.

Sit with them,

as God sits with you.