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Friends,
My apartment in seminary was, if I’m being generous, 350 square feet. I often washed my larger pots and pans in the bathtub because of the bar sink my “Efficiency Kitchen” offered. Needless to say, my love of hosting was… challenged.
However, several months into my first semester, a new friend and I decided we shouldn’t let square footage deter us from creating a space (beyond the dining hall) for classmates, colleagues, and professors to gather at table. And so began our planning for the First Annual Sip n Soup, a dinner in which soups and spoons would be provided by the residents of the first floor of Florida Hall (our building). All were welcome and encouraged to BYOBowl.
We set card tables, side by side, down the long hallway outside our dollhouse apartments and borrowed chairs from a nearby classroom. We cut a burlap table runner and picked up fresh flowers from the Dekalb International Farmers Market. A menu was water colored, depicting where to find what soup.
Chicken Chili and Tuscan White Bean and Lemon Soup in Florida Hall 111.
Tomato Soup and Thai Coconut in Florida Hall 106.
Creamy Baked Potato Soup in Florida Hall 108.
We broke bread and ate our food with glad and generous hearts.
Something of this occasion reminds me of this text in Acts, which we’ll explore together on Sunday, in addition to celebrating communion. I can’t promise that there will be soup, but I do anticipate—with great confidence—that there’s a seat for you at the table.
Come, and bring a friend.
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