<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TOu5GRB3X2moWYZN1s29J57FgUZ3ZxTpz3xIawIUXrzk6ohiku8V6YOuXYVLMvbPCfMrvG-LCS2xlR2tu6ybInmYC8o2N7XUNpyPBfOTLG6NObA3teSuyzx2pewPia7SPLA-YgD7AQR9NQhT7Eoorr5ge_y2lAoUCliCfEfR59ijd9xCzY80xjKj0D0/s2200/istockphoto-1801210967-612x612__largepreview__.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2200" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TOu5GRB3X2moWYZN1s29J57FgUZ3ZxTpz3xIawIUXrzk6ohiku8V6YOuXYVLMvbPCfMrvG-LCS2xlR2tu6ybInmYC8o2N7XUNpyPBfOTLG6NObA3teSuyzx2pewPia7SPLA-YgD7AQR9NQhT7Eoorr5ge_y2lAoUCliCfEfR59ijd9xCzY80xjKj0D0/s320/istockphoto-1801210967-612x612__largepreview__.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;">The dinner table is the cradle of faith.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">After walking with them on the road to Emmaus, Jesus is invited into the homes of his disciples, even though they don't recognize him (yet!).&nbsp; While they break bread together for the evening meal. Jesus reveals himself.&nbsp; While a surprise to them, it is not a surprise to us because the resurrected Jesus routinely appears to his disciples over meals; throughout the Gospels he is eating with people.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Today St Paul has four baptisms of children and Pastor Rob offers that the cradle of faith is the dining table.&nbsp; It is where prayer is taught; it is where we can begin processing our stories and see God at work in our lives.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Eventually, our children - the next generation - leaves our dinner table, but they remain our companions, both around the Lord's table and ultimately the feast that has no end.</p>