The Table NYC Podcast

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara We continue “What Grows Here” by considering how God brings transformation in people and places we might have already written off. In Luke 19, Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector whose reputation has convinced his community that they already know his story. But Jesus sees something others have overlooked. Rather than keeping his distance, Jesus calls Zac...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara We continue “What Grows Here” by asking what it looks like to faithfully break ground when we cannot control what grows. In Mark 4, Jesus tells the story of a farmer who goes out and scatters seed. Some lands on the path, some on rocky ground, some among thorns, and some on good soil. The farmer cannot control where every seed lands or what happens beneath the surface....

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara We continue "What Grows Here" by asking what we do when the thing we're building stalls out halfway. Zechariah 4 puts us inside a stopped project. The exiles came home, laid a foundation, and then work sat quiet for over a decade. Into that discouragement, God shows the prophet a lampstand fed by two olive trees, burning without anyone refilling it by hand...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara We begin 'What Grows Here' by asking a foundational question before we start talking about growth: What are we actually rooted in? Psalm 1 gives us the picture of a tree planted beside streams of water. Its roots remain connected to what nourishes it, so it bears fruit, does not wither when the season changes, and continues to flourish. This teaching sits with w...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara We close Set the Table at the table Jesus eagerly desired to share with his disciples before the cross. In Luke 22, Jesus breaks bread with people he knows are still unfinished. Peter will deny him. The others will scatter. And still, Jesus wants them near. He takes the bread and the cup and shows them a grace that is given before it is earned, a welcome that costs the...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara We continue Set the Table this week, landing on the passage most of us know as the origin story of the church. Acts 2 tells us the believers devoted themselves to teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer, and the Lord added to their number daily. It didn't happen in a building. There was no stage, no sound system, no program. It happened around kitchen ta...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara We continue Set the Table this week, sitting with a line most of us read past on our way to the comfortable parts of Psalm 23. David writes that God prepares a table before him in the presence of his enemies. They haven't left. The conflict isn't resolved. This happens while they're still standing there. This teaching sits with that discomfort. Who we actual...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara We continue Set the Table this week, sitting with a moment at a dinner party that made the host uncomfortable. Jesus is a guest at the home of a prominent Pharisee. Mid-meal, he turns to his host and says the quiet part out loud: stop inviting the people who can invite you back. Invite the ones who can't repay you at all. This teaching sits with that guest list. Who...

Teaching: Pastor Macho Lara This week we open Set the Table, a series on hospitality as something already available to anyone rather than a program the church runs. We begin with Abraham at the entrance of his tent, in the heat of the day, doing nothing remarkable, when three strangers appear. He runs before he knows who they are. He offers a morsel of bread and gives a full meal. What starts as a...

Teaching: Pastor Erica Lara What does it mean to hold onto hope when the season you are living in feels impossible to survive? This teaching invites us to consider resurrection not as a doctrine to be debated, but as a living reality that breaks through even the most brutal winters of the soul. Drawing from Mark 16, John 20, and the witness of the disciples in the days following the crucifixion, w...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busyand exhausted people who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5minutes. No long intro. Noproduction fluff. Just Scripture,reflection, and one honest question. Lent can feel like onemore thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people withfull schedules, crowded minds, and real responsibilities. It’s for people who aretired but still hungry for...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...

Pause is a short, daily Lent podcast for busy and exhaustedpeople who still want Jesus. Each episode is 2–5 minutes. No long intro. No production fluff. Just Scripture, reflection, andone honest question. Lent can feel like one more thing to keep up with. Pause is different. It’s for people with full schedules, crowded minds, andreal responsibilities. It’s for people who are tired butstill hungry...