Sep 27, 2026 · 49 min · 13 segments
We talk a lot about wanting connection, an invitation, inclusion of belonging. But when the opportunity arises, we tend to choose the comfort of our schedules or preferences. We stay distracted and…
Ian SimpkinsGuest
Kristin Mockler YoungHostAnd I guess just to help the listener who hasn't read the book yet, when you say table, are you talking metaphorically or are you saying like, nope, find some chairs and get people around a table?
A lot of people, because I think, unfortunately or fortunately, when people hear table, they think, oh, it's a hospitality book, which it's not.
But I'm pro and actually make the case that I think hospitality in a in a biblical imagination is far more profound and far more gritty than kind of like modern hospitality.
She works the graveyard shift at a gas station and had this remarkable encounter with a young man at like 1 a.m. And she's in the lobby at our church.
Is that what you're talking about? And in my head, I'm like, I don't think I imagined a gas station counter, but yeah, yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about.
So it's been cool to see it kind of take on a life of its own and environments that I honestly had not thought of before, but it most certainly includes.
Well, it's about connection, right? And you can't, you connect with people around a table at a counter, coffee shop, like whatever it is, but in conversation.
Do you see a version where like, quote unquote, sitting at the table can become an excuse for tolerating harm or like justification for people to just double down in their little homogenous bubbles?
That's, that's part of what I, there's a couple of chapters in the book in particular that I think will surprise people because it does feel like sometimes that Jesus had a table motif is always like a sweet, serene watercolor painting.
And I guess just to help the listener who hasn't read the book yet, when you say table, are you talking metaphorically or are you saying like, nope, find some chairs and get people around a table?
A lot of people, because I think, unfortunately or fortunately, when people hear table, they think, oh, it's a hospitality book, which it's not.
But I'm pro and actually make the case that I think hospitality in a in a biblical imagination is far more profound and far more gritty than kind of like modern hospitality.
She works the graveyard shift at a gas station and had this remarkable encounter with a young man at like 1 a.m. And she's in the lobby at our church.
Is that what you're talking about? And in my head, I'm like, I don't think I imagined a gas station counter, but yeah, yeah, that's exactly what I'm talking about.
So it's been cool to see it kind of take on a life of its own and environments that I honestly had not thought of before, but it most certainly includes.
Well, it's about connection, right? And you can't, you connect with people around a table at a counter, coffee shop, like whatever it is, but in conversation.
Do you see a version where like, quote unquote, sitting at the table can become an excuse for tolerating harm or like justification for people to just double down in their little homogenous bubbles?
That's, that's part of what I, there's a couple of chapters in the book in particular that I think will surprise people because it does feel like sometimes that Jesus had a table motif is always like a sweet, serene watercolor painting.
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