by David Wahlstedt | Jan 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Lectio Divina (translated “divine or sacred reading”) is an approach to the Scriptures that sets us up to listen for the word of God spoken to us in this present moment. Lectio divina refers to the ancient practice of divine reading that dates back to the...
by David Wahlstedt | Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Have you ever noticed the number of questions found in the gospels? We have Zechariah’s request for assurance from the angel Gabriel about the son promised he and Elizabeth, “How will I know that this is so? (Luke 1:18); Mary’s question of Gabriel, “How can...
by David Wahlstedt | Oct 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I was in elementary school, my family was in church every time the doors were open. That’s a bold statement to make but true none the less. In fact, not only were we there every time the doors were open, we were there even when they were not open –...
by David Wahlstedt | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was twelve years old and spending the summer away from the city in upstate New York at my grandmother’s house. I loved the two months of summer we’d spend at Nannie’s – our affectionate name for my maternal grandmother. She had this house that felt like...
by David Wahlstedt | Jul 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was surprised how a passing invitation for my friends in the DFW area to join me at event with tattooist and friend Tristan Bradshaw this morning, generated a viral response – at least viral by my post standards! The event was sponsored by Connecting...
by David Wahlstedt | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Yes, there is that voice, the voice that speaks from above and from within and that whispers softly or declares loudly: “You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests.” I’ll never forget encountering this sentence for the first time in Henri Nouwen’s book Life of...
by David Wahlstedt | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Have you ever stopped to consider what it means to be blessed? Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, pronounced a series of eight, proverb-like yet cryptic blessings on the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,...
by David Wahlstedt | Mar 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The calendar flipped to March today, the beginning of a favorite time of year for me. Along with the warming weather, longer days because we “spring forward” and my birthday near the middle of the month, it is also the opening of baseball spring training and...
by David Wahlstedt | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
I love creating things. One of the joys of building out the space for The Table Dallas was that I got to design and build the banquet tables around which we gather to share our meals. As you can see from the photo, they are simple ones – rough cedar tops...
by David Wahlstedt | Feb 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
I remember vividly the summer of 1985. Fresh out of High School, the world was my oyster. I had the eyes of a dreamer and the courage drawn from a sense of personal invincibility. I had an internship with a US Congressman from New York, money in the bank and a...
