Transcendence at the Table: A Transfigurational Experience While Breaking Bread Together. This item is unavailable.Transcendence at the Table: A Transfigurational Experience While Breaking Bread Together

When is the last time you sat down for a meal, to break bread with other people, and experienced peace? Throughout the arc of the scriptural narrative the word “shalom” is used as a way to speak of the way of peace. This word shalom embodies the depiction of creation where all things would glorify to the Triune God as well as bear the image of the Triune God who seamlessly embraces love and belonging.
What if the universal space at a table is where shalom is experienced relationally? What if the longing people have for love and belonging can be extended through hospitality at a table? Unification can happen when invitations are extended to come, participate, and communicate at the table as a reflection of the Imago Dei.

Julia Hurlow is an avid traveler nationally and internationally, while currently residing in a rural neighborhood in Indiana. Creating spaces for people to gather, sharing meals, and exploring the outdoors in all seasons are essential elements of her life's rhythms. With a master's degree in counseling as well as a doctorate in semiotics and future studies, she appreciates finding redemptive meaning through remembering, lament, and celebration. Her current work as an assistant professor at a university entails educating, offering spiritual direction, speaking, and writing. Cheers to what is to come!