A Bigger Table Book Review

I picked up A BIGGER TABLE: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community because the title intrigued me.

For years, I’ve longed to sit with a community that valued honestly, openness, vulnerability, and authenticity. Not where everyone wore a mask in order to be accepted, loved or valued.

Creating this type of community is no joke! It’s hard work and takes intentionality. But it is possible.

This book says exactly what I have been thinking lately! Here are a few of my favorite takeaways.

1. The four nonnegotiable “legs” of the table are hospitality, authenticity, diversity, relationship.
2. See people as human, not numbers.
3. The bigger table requires us to stay.
4. Labels create a divide.
5. It’s okay to change. Metamorphosis and transition are normal parts of life!
6. Redemptive community requires that we extend the invitation to everyone and endeavor to build relationships, or at the very least understanding.

I encourage you to read this book if you want a more authentic and hopeful spiritual community with people who value the same.