The Table

As with last time, I talked about something I am passionate about--dancing--and ultimately how it connected with what I'm learning in the great class of COM 320. Thus, I would like to continue that trend and talk on something that I am SO much more passionate about. This is something I mentioned on my video resume and something that affects my daily life: my faith in Jesus Christ.

I want to talk on it because, yes, I see it as personally important, but it also connects beautifully to how a productive and hardworking team should work. We can use the metaphor of being invited to eat with a group of people around a large table. I come to God's table with my own dish--my God-given gifts, talents, expieriences, wisdom, and passions to follow out His calling for me.  However, I am just one person; so many others come to His table with their individual dishes. To come to the table involves a lot of vulnerability: we must bring everything we are and share it. In this way, God uses all the people that come to His table for His greater plan. We come to share our God-given dishes as a community, thus revealing God's character because the collective dishes or gifts reveal the nature of the gifter. The Christian life certianly is not lived out individually: God brings us together to rely on each other and "feed" off of what we have as a community. Ultimately this is what church is. Church is not a building we go to on Sunday; it is a group of people that are sharing and using their "dishes" to show the greatness of the one who invited them to the table in the first place.

Thus, we can look at how a team should perform. They all come to a common place to unite and pursue a common goal. They come to the table with their gifts, experiences, etc. to work for something greater than themselves.

Until next time...

With Jesus' love,
Andrew Battiato