This Is Gods Table, Anna Woofenden
This Is Gods Table, Anna Woofenden
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This Is God's Table
Finding Church Beyond the Walls

Author: Anna Woofenden

Narrator: Vanessa Daniels

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/27/2021

Synopsis

Can a barren city lot become a church?

This is the story of an audacious journey. It's the story of what happens when people garden, worship, and eat together and invite anyone and everyone to join them. In This Is God's Table, writer and pastor Anna Woofenden describes the way that the wealthy and the poor, the aged and the young, the housed and unhoused become a community in this once-empty lot. Together they plant and sustain a thriving urban farm, worship God, and share a weekly meal. Together they craft a shared life and a place of authenticity where all are welcome. Fans of Nadia Bolz-Weber, Sara Miles, and Diana Butler Bass will find here a kindred vision for a church without walls.

As churches across the Western world wither, what would it take to find a raw, honest, gritty way of doing church—one rooted in place, nurtured by grace, and grounded in God's expansive love? What would it take to carry the liturgy outside the gates? What if we were to discover that in feeding others, we are fed?

This is God's table. Come and eat.

About Anna Woofenden

Anna Woofenden is a writer, speaker, pastor, and leading voice in the food and faith movement. She is the founding pastor of The Garden Church in San Pedro, California, as well as the founder of Feed and Be Fed Farm. With an MDiv from Earlham School of Religion, Woofenden has served at Los Angeles' Wayfarers Chapel and at San Francisco's Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church and The Food Pantry. Now living in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, David, Woofenden is cohost of the Food and Faith podcast. She is passionate about spirituality, justice, food, the earth, and community, and is driven by a calling to reimagine church.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caroline

Beautiful story of finding and building a community of God outside of the traditional church. I loved learning about all the different types of people who found family and sanctuary through Reverend Anna’s vision, people who wouldn’t usually think of attending a church. A moving and inspiring read,......more

Goodreads review by Richard

If you are even a remote acquaintance of Anna Woofenden's, "This is God's Table: Finding Church Beyond the Walls" will not surprise you. It possesses her intelligence. It possesses her insight. It possesses her passion. It possesses her compassion. It possesses her humility. It possesses her deep aw......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

This is a beautiful, vulnerable reflection of a godly pastor-shepherd. Woofenden offers more than just a chronological account of an innovative church plant; she gives us a glimpse into her personal transformation and growth. This book is not a how-to; it is soul food. It will be a book I return to......more

Goodreads review by Courtney

This book is hopeful, gritty, and beautifully written. What happens when a new church springs up on a vacant lot in a big city? Beauty. Truth. Hilarity. Heartache. The abundant grace of God. And a LOT of new life. Anna Woofendon has written a masterpiece. You’ll want one for you and one for a friend......more

Goodreads review by Angela

I received an advanced readers copy of This is God’s Table written by Anna Woofenden. I was intrigued by the concept of the subtitle - Finding Church Beyond the Walls. Anna did a beautiful job describing how she was led by God to begin a unique approach to “church.” By following her heart and God’s......more

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