Many years ago, I recall someone during a mission trip telling the people who set up chairs, “Don’t you belittle what you’re doing. You are creating viewpoints for the gospel.” As trite as it sounded to me at the time, I never forgot that, because I couldn’t deny its truth. The table is similar. An endless cycle of chores is required to create a place for food and conversation, but that seat is where love is. What’s more worth our time? I now see this overwhelmingly repetitive and unending chore list of cooking and cleaning, wiping and sweeping, as a Christlike activity of creation and
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