Together at the Table
Diversity without Division in The United Methodist Church
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Together at the Table is the personal story and public message of Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly LGBTQ person to be elected a bishop in The United Methodist Church. Her election was and is controversial, with opponents seeking to have her removed and some even threatening violence against her. The denomination has been debating the inclusion of LGBTQ people for decades and will be gathering in February 2019 to determine whether it can agree to let conferences within the church ordain as they see fit and let congregations decide what weddings to hold or whether conservative and liberal factions will break off from the denominational body.
Bishop Oliveto believes that the church can stay togetherthat people of different convictions can remain in communion with one another. Woven together with her own story of coming out and following God's call to ordained ministry is her guidance for how to live together despite differencesby practicing empathy, living with ambiguity, appreciating the diversity of creation, and embracing unity without uniformity.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Advance Praise for Together at the Table
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1.  The Fractured Family Table
- 2.  Exercising Empathy
- 3.  Leaning into Ambiguity
- 4.  Diversity Is a Sign of Divinity
- 5.  Unity Is Not Uniformity
- 6.  We Eat with People We Love
- Notes
- Excerpt from A Bigger Table, by John Pavlovitz