Flipping Tables

Welcome to our table! We're excited to begin season 2. New episodes release on Tuesdays. We're going all in with John.  I want to personally invite you to join us in the deep living waters of John. Meet us at the table by listening, by reading John, and if you want to grow deeper, sign up to receive the weekly Flipping Tables email . It will give you additional bonus content to help you study John...

This is a special episode. I have a conversation with my Israel Tour guides, Moshe Malka and Alexandra Erlich. I hope this will help our audience understand some of what's going on in Israel, and how it's affecting them personally. It was an honor to host my dear friends in my home.   Noa Tishby Book  Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Beautiful Israel Store  

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Around the table, we discuss our favorite Christmas songs and the original Christmas carol. Mary's Magnificat is on another level of greatness. It's holy. Saturated in scripture, overflowing with joy...before Mary's life was turned upside down she got to celebrate her divine pregnancy with her older cousin Elizabeth. I love thinking about these women huddl...

Welcome to our Christmas table! My co-hosts and I have a fun conversation around two encounters with the angel Gabriel. It makes sense to us that God would break the 400 years of silence by sending an angel to speak to a priest. The table flipping moment is when Gabriel appears to a young girl from Nazareth. There are many table flipping things in our Luke 1:5-45 text. I love all the details that...

Anna Lauren is back to continue the great conversation we began in episode 44. She's a brillant 23 year old law student with no seminary training. I point this out because it's more than possible for us to grow deeper in our study of the scriptures. In addition to the great books and authors she mentions, Anna Lauren encourages us to be life long learners by using tools like Bible Gateway or Bluel...

This episode I'm joined by Anna Lauren Jacobs. I met Anna Lauren through a mutual friend. Anna Lauren is the community engagement coordinator for Refuge For Women Kentucky. This is a ministry that is near and dear to my heart. We talked about everything from how she became a follower of the Table Flipper to birds of prey.  She's my first Gen. Z guest, a second year law school student, a graduate o...

The Flipping Tables girls love table fellowship. You know we talk so much about food on the podcast, we're practically a cooking show. In this lighter episode, we discuss our signature Thanksgiving dishes. We talk about the origins of Friendsgiving and when we started celebrating it. Apparently Twila was celebrating Friendsgiving before it was even added to the dictionary.  We have friendly banter...

Why does Jesus want His followers to remember Lot's wife? This is the question Kimberly and I dig into in this episode. Luke 17:20-37 is our main Bible text.  Every generation asks, "Is this the end of the world?" John Eldredge put it this way in Resilient. "Honestly, I think many people would trade the return of Jesus Christ himself for a nice little end to their story and let another generation...

In this episode, we discuss a table flipping story that was widely circulated but that no one was in a hurry to write down. Thankfully after, the dust settled, John wrote it down. Jesus has an epic dust up with the Pharisees on the eighth day after the Feast of Tabernacles over a woman caught in adultery. What does Jesus write in the dust? This is the question we explore together.  At the end of t...

This is the last episode in the Mark Series. Quick talking Mark with His fast scene changes leaves us wondering, "Where's Jesus?" and "What happened to His body?" The ending feels abrupt. We don't want to just take the angel's announcement, "He is risen!" We want to see Jesus being reunited with His followers.  Mark seems to want to leave with a bit of a cliffhanger. Mark wants us to decide based...

In this episode we pick up at the end of the Last Supper and walk through the long night Jesus endured on the way to the cross. I tried to set the scene so that we can consider what condition the disciples were in, and just who was around to cry out for Jesus to be crucified.  We came away from this lesson with more adoration for Jesus and with more compassion for the disciples. Join us for the lo...

This is part 2 of the conversation that Twila and I began in our previous episode. Last week we talked about Passover, how it was celebrated then and how it is celebrated now. I shared some of my personal story about growing up in a religious system that was rooted in the Old Covenant and in that tradition we celebrated the Passover instead of Easter. So if you weren't able to listen to that episo...

There are four more episodes in our Mark series. This is part one of a two part episode about the last supper. I talk about my religious experiences of celebrating the Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread instead of Easter. Twila and I are both seeking to learn more about the Jewish holidays. We are learning and growing in understanding. I'm sure we've barely only begun to scratch the surface...

We land in a beautiful portrait of a woman pouring out a fragrant act of devotion and worship at the feet of Jesus. Mark doesn't tell us her name. John, however, tells us she's Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus. Mark wants us to focus on her beautiful light filled worship. Mark strategically sandwhiches her between a dark plot of the chief priests and the treachery of Judas.  Mark is painting...

I'm joined for this episode by my friend Amy Crump. Amy is truly a servant. She was a great guest co-host to have for this lesson and conversation. Mark 10:45 is the key verse in Mark. Jesus says this to his disciples in the context of James and John asking for seats of honor in His kingdom.  "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and give his life as a ransom for many."...

We are going to the Mount of Transfiguration. I have long loved the transifiguration, but doing a deep dive into this climactic event in the life and ministry of Jesus has increased my love of it exponentially. I understand why some orthodox faith traditions celebrate the transfiguration. My co-host for this episode was my friend Amy Crump. We had a great time geeking out over all the connections...

In this episode, we're talking about four verses that pack a punch. When Jesus mentioned the cross for the first time in Mark, I think you could've heard a pin drop. I believe these verses are still a little shocking to us or at the very least when we read them we feel the weight of what Jesus is saying. Join Kimberly and I for a weighty lesson. We may sometimes need a no pain no gain attitude in...

This episode comes with a little cautious warning, because some of the things that historically happened at Caesarea Philippi are things you want to protect little ears from hearing.  For the rest of us knowing about the pagan region Jesus took His disciples to ask this very important question sheds so much light on His mission. I draw so much strength from knowing that Jesus established His Churc...

It was a lot of fun to make this episode. Any time we're together, we're having a good time. The things we do together are straight out of Jesus' discipleship manual. I'll link the cookbook with the delicious salad we had before we recorded. In our conversation we share some Bible study tips, a lesson on Mark 8:11-21, and our bright spots pick up our love for learning. We were strengthened by our...

Who's ready for a new season? Julie, Twila, and Kimberly are all ready for September. We had some fun talking about all the things we're looking forward to this fall: the food, football, school, routines, etc. We don't love the PSL. Twila really dated us(not including Kimberly)by bringing up the Superbowl Shuffle. Do you want more information on one of our Israel trips? Julie@flourishministry.com...

This episode flows right out of my personal walk with the Lord. Even though we're in a Mark series, we're going to take a side trip to Matthew. I personally needed to be reminded that an ordinary guy with growing faith also walked on water. I needed to spend some time in Matthew's account. My prayer is: Teach me to value the times my faith sinks. This is when I regain focus on Jesus. He's the one...

In this episode, we talk about the jaw dropping miracle of Jesus walking on water. Who hasn't wanted to walk on water? This is one of my favorite moments in the life of Jesus. He has my heart and my imagination fully engaged with this one. I love being in a boat on the Sea of Galilee. This is what's on my mind. We use Mark's gospel for our lesson. Join Kimberly and I in Mark 6. We're so glad you'r...

In this episode, we take a step back from our Mark series. We consider the life and ministry of Jesus. Something we might miss in the accounts of healings, miracles, crowds, and religious opposition is that the ministry of Jesus was about restoration. Restoring people from the fallout of living in a fallen world. Jesus restored broken people on His way to being broken for all people. Jesus is our...

Welcome! I'm happy to have you at our table. In this episode, we dug into a healing Jesus did in a Gentile area that Mark is the only gospel writer to inculde in his gospel. We found a treasure in this episode. A Greek word search led me to Isaiah 35. This Isaiah chapter paints a beautiful picture of restoration that comes after desolation. When Jesus healed this man, He gave us a picture of resto...

Mark 7:24-30 In this episode, we shared some of our mama bear stories before talking about the faith of this Gentile mama, who was willing to beg Jesus for her daughter's healing. She had great faith in Jesus. It's easy for us to read this account and get our feelings hurt or feel confused over the "children's bread", "crumbs", and especially "dogs" being used in the discussion between Jesus and t...