From Tablet to Table: Where Community Is Found and Identity Is Formed Paperback – 3 Sept. 2019

Well written, lots of meat to the content. The type of book I will have to read again for all the information to sink in. Such a blessing. Thank you Mr Sweet.

The voice of L. Sweet and his call for a radical shift in the way that Christians live their lives, is a grand voice that needs to be heeded.The possibility he invoked in this read is heart-catching. Imagine a world where the greatest gift you can give another is yourself, and that sitting together to share you're lives, in fact begins to shape them!

Leonard Sweet's recent release, From Tablet to Table: Where Community is Found and Identity is Formed, is a remarkable work. Len, as always, writes with an artist's eye and a brilliant mind. I read everything Len writes and this is an exceptional addition to his collection of work.Intending to ingest it over several sittings, I started but couldn't stop. I began what I thought would be a multiple meal experience, taking place over several sittings, but ended up experiencing a finely cooked meal with extraordinary company. I couldn't put it down, reading it in one sitting. Like all good meals, it consisted of great food (content), great company (an authentic voice) and lingering conversation.As a personal recipient of his hospitality, Len and his family do what he writes in this book and the table is an open and regular part of their life and routine. In a culture wresting with identity and community, this book is a prophetic call back to the table with a poetic voice. Well done, Len!!!Don't miss one of Len's most timely and prophetic books!

A must read for anyone who is serious about community

Loved the simplicity and profound message of this book. Great job weaving spiritual, Biblical and everyday themes.

Nothing is more intriguing, in my estimation, than to learn that an ordinary, everyday object has the potential to be transcendent. In his book From Tablet To Table, Dr. Leonard Sweet opens up the table to display the power this ubiquitous piece of furniture has to be just that - transcendent. No matter the make-up of your family - single household, community, or church; no matter the type of meal served - PBJ sandwiches, drive-thru service or potluck, Dr. Sweet tells us the family table has the potential to become a positively transforming place for those who gather around it.It was hard for me to imagine that the table, or the lack of it, could matter so deeply to the culture or to the church. It was especially surprising to discover the pervasive connection the church has with food, and to learn that it was Jesus who led the way into this foodie lifestyle. But Dr Sweet is able to show that both the church and the culture need the family table, to thrive and reproduce. Food is not all that gets shared at the table. "At the table, sitting together, facing each other, talking to each other -- good food, good conversation, good laughs, good stories -- we learn the good news of the God who eats good food with bad people. There is nothing else like it in the world."The table... the family table. Who would have thought that it carries such power, and potential and promise? Who would have thought of it as transcendent? Well, Jesus did, it seems. He spent a lot of time around one, and he also made a sacrament out of bread and wine.Here is a quote from Dr Sweet's book that I love:"First commandment and final commandment to humans in the Bible? 'Eat freely', Gen 2:16 NASB, and 'Drink freely', Rev 22:17. Everything in between these two commands is a table, and on that table is served a life-course meal, where we feast in our hearts with thanksgiving on the very Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation: Jesus the Christ."Why you should read this book in less than 140 characters - "From Tablet To Table" by Dr. Leonard Sweet is rich, rare, filling and satisfying reading. Help yourself to a copy and enjoy every morsel.