Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week, Jason's lesson is entitled "Moses Stands up to God" and is based on the scripture found in Exodus 32:7-14.

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to Season 10 of The Collective Table Podcast, which we are calling The 50.5%. This season, we are bringing a series of eight episodes which will center the voices, experiences, and wisdom of women who make up more than half of the global population yet have often been sidelined or marginalized. We will engage with women theologians, creatives, and leaders to explore the Divine Feminine, the urgent importance of women in church leadership, and the patriarchal norms that have shaped domineering Christianity and how the progressive church can embrace truer expressions of Spirit.

This week, we are thrilled to bring you part one of our conversation with the brilliant Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, renowned biblical scholar, theologian, and author. Dr. Gafney invites us to explore the transformative practice of reading Scripture with a sanctified imagination—a way of engaging the Bible that challenges patriarchal and colonial interpretations while uncovering the richness of diverse perspectives.

In this episode, Claire and Jason begin to unpack how this approach reshapes our understanding of God, ourselves, and the world around us. Dr. Gafney’s wisdom will inspire you to see the Bible not as a static text but as a living, dynamic invitation to empathy, justice, and connection.

Don’t miss part two of this conversation, coming out February 17, where we dive even deeper into her work and insights.

Find more about Dr. Wil Gafney and her work at wilgafney.com.

Some questions to consider after listening:

• How have you noticed or experienced the marginalizing of women’s voices and perspectives in the church?
• How do you feel your body responding to Dr. Gafney's statement that, “If it’s not good for the black woman, it’s not good for anyone”?
• How does the idea of interpreting scripture through a “sanctified imagination” or employing Jewish midrash differ from what you have been taught?

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week, Claire's lesson is entitled "The Wilderness Speaks" and is based on the scripture found in Luke 3:1-6.

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, January 26th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week marked a special gathering for OSC as we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day and explored what it means to be an anti-racist church. Our special guest was local artist and justice worker Kendrick Dial. Learn more about Kendrick at https://kendrickdial.com/.

This conversation was recorded on Sunday, January 19th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week, Jason's lesson is entitled "Water & Fire" and is based on the scripture found in Isaiah 43:1-2.

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week, Jason's lesson is entitled "The Joy of Birth" and is based on the scripture found in Acts 10:44-48.

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, December 29th at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, justice, and joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week, Jenell's lesson is entitled "Mary's Manifesto" and is based on the scripture found in Luke 1:46-55.

This teaching was recorded on Sunday, December 22nd at The Oceanside Sanctuary Church (OSC) in Oceanside, CA. To learn more about our community or to support the work we do, visit us at https://oceansidesanctuary.org.

At OSC, our mission to bring good news to the poor, the hurting, and the oppressed shapes everything we do—including this podcast. This year, we’re aiming to raise $50,000 to support our Community Impact programs, like our food pantry, social justice outreaches, and advocacy efforts. If you’ve been inspired by what you’ve heard here, visit this link (https://www.oceansidesanctuary.org/give) and join us in making a difference.

Merry Christmas to our Collective Table community! This Advent season, join The Collective Table Podcast each weekday for a special reflection led by Jenell Coker. Each week, the reflections will focus around a different theme of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.

For our final week of Advent, our focus is love. Today's final Advent reflection is entitled "Love in Christ" and is based around the scripture found in John 1:14.

We are so glad to have journeyed alongside our listeners this Advent season. We hope that these daily reflections have given you some space each day to find solace and reflect on where Christ’s love, peace, joy, and hope are breaking through all around us.

Now that Advent is concluding, we will be taking a break for a couple of weeks, but don’t go too far! Look out for SEASON TEN (!!) coming in the new year.

In the meantime, take a moment to make sure you are subscribed on the platforms that you listen, give us a rating, or share an episode with a friend. And if you have a thought you’d like to share, give us a call at (760) 722-8522, or drop us a note at tct@oceansidesanctuary.org. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!