A Chair at the Table

ScriptureMark 2:15 (NRSVUE)

And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house,

many tax collectors and sinners

were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples,

for there were many who followed him.

RefrainThere is a place at the table, and it is mine.

QuoteHenri Nouwen, from Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons

"To live in the world without belonging to the world

summarizes the essence of the spiritual life.

The spiritual life keeps us aware

that our true house is not the house of fear,

in which the powers of hatred and violence rule,