At the Table: Encounters with Grace

What does God do when we fail? The story of Peter’s restoration in John 21:1–19 offers a powerful answer: failure does not have to be the end of our story. Peter had confidently promised that he would never abandon Jesus, yet only hours later he denied three times that he even knew him. After Jesus’…

Sometimes the disappointments and hardships we experience can look like evidence that God has abandoned us, when in fact they may be places where God is quietly at work. In Luke 24, two disciples walk away from Jerusalem devastated by Jesus’ death. They had hoped he was the Messiah who would redeem Israel, but his…

What happens when we feel too far from God, too broken, or too ashamed to come back? In the story of Zacchaeus, Jesus shows us that God’s grace is already searching for us, even when we’ve spent our lives running in the opposite direction. Zacchaeus discovers that following Jesus doesn’t begin with proving ourselves worthy,…

We don’t always see people the way God sees them. In Luke 7, Simon the Pharisee sees a sinful woman defined by her past, while Jesus sees someone who has been forgiven and transformed. This story challenges us to reconsider how we judge others, how we evaluate ourselves, and what genuine holiness looks like. Rather…