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More Than a Meal: The Power of the Table

Nathan Freeman · May 10, 2026 · Ecclesiastes 9:7, Exodus 25:30, 2 Samuel 9:7-11, Psalms 23:1-5, Psalms 128:3

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  1. The US ranks 23rd out of 25 countries in the percentage of children who eat the main meal of the day with their parents several times a week.
  2. Sharing a family meal is good for the spirit, the brain and the health of all family members.
  3. "The effects of family dinners on children depend on the extent to which parents use the time to engage with their children and learn about their day-to-day lives."
  4. - Journal of Marriage and Family
  5. The shared table is the shared life.
  6. It was sitting at too many tables, with too many of the wrong kinds of people that got Jesus killed.
  7. When I think about love, I think about a table.