A Meal with Jesus

A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community, and Mission around the Table (Re: Lit Books) Paperback – April 7, 2011
by Tim Chester (Author)

Eating meals together is an incredibly spiritual activity. In the days that Jesus walked the earth, homes were set up in Israel quite differently than out modern suburbs. Large homes were actually community gathering areas. There wasn’t a locked door, and the neighbors and extended network of relationships, freely entered in and became part of the meal. Tim goes into this history and expands on it.

The meals of Jesus represent something bigger. They represent a new world, a new kingdom, a new outlook.

Tim Chester brings to light God’s purposes in the seemingly ordinary act of sharing a meal-how this everyday experience is really an opportunity for grace, community, and mission. Chester challenges contemporary understandings of hospitality as he urges us to evaluate why and who we invite to our table. Learn how you can foster grace and bless others through the rich fare being served in A Meal with Jesus.

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“We all know fasting can be a spiritual exercise, but eating is really more like Jesus. In this book, Chester points out that Christianity was meant to be conducted at a table with the intimacy of a shared meal. Church was never meant to be holy services held in sacred buildings conducted by saintly men in long robes passing thin wafers and a thimble of juice-removed from real life. Chester rightly puts us back where we belong…at the table in front of a meal-a feast actually. This is an outstanding treatise on an important subject that was long ago lost in the mire of sacred rituals. It is time we come back to the table and enjoy the life given to us.”
-Neil Cole, Founder and Director, Church Multiplication Associates; author, Organic Church