Brueggemann Quotation

Here is a quote from Brueggemann that I wanted to remember. It was this quotation that first started me thinking about the idea of the Table and its significance as a place of gathering and mission.

'Ministry cannot be about maintenance, but it is about gathering, about embrace, about welcoming home all sorts of and conditions of people; home is a place for mother tongue, of basic soul food, of old stories told and treasured, of being at ease, known by name, belonging without qualifying for membership.' Walter Brueggemann