Come, Taste, See and Share

One of those remarkable yet ordinary places where Jesus is on mission engaging folks is the common table where people young and old are gathered together to eat, drink, laugh, talk, and learn.  Throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, we find Him breaking bread with sinners, tax collectors, the marginalized, the lost - ALL. THE. TIME.

Where and how Jesus chose to spend his time should inform us that the rhythms of our day to be hungry and be satisfied create opportunities for us to engage missionally as the church sent and scattered.  In Mark’s account of the feeding of the five-thousand, how does Jesus show up? What is God up to? How does this popular Gospel story frame our own stories around need, dependence, finances, and provisions, and furthermore, how does God call us to be on mission with Him? As we read this story, our hope is that we become more aware that missions has less to do with elaborate programs or traveling to distant places, but more about inhabiting more fully and readily the places to which Jesus calls us and is found.