{"id":2236,"date":"2026-10-04T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2026-10-05T01:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:14:38","slug":"the-power-of-eating-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?p=2236","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Eating Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Shawn Zook<\/p>\n<p>Guest speaker Shawn Zook walks through Acts 2:42-47 and makes the case that sharing meals was one of the early church&#8217;s core practices, not an optional extra. He shows how food brings people together, breaks down walls, and creates the kind of unhurried conversation that builds trust and fellowship. He names four hindrances that keep us from hospitality (perfectionism, selfishness, privacy, and busyness) and offers practical ways to start, from one confident meal to a rhythm that fits your family. The challenge is to pick a specific rhythm for eating with people, inside and outside the church, and watch God work through the table.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3022\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2236-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2236-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Shawn Zook Guest speaker Shawn Zook walks through Acts 2:42-47 and makes the case that sharing meals was one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"enclosure":"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/livinglightmc\/20261004_The_Power_of_Eating_Together.mp3\n18632493\naudio\/mpeg\na:6:{s:8:\"duration\";s:7:\"0:38:49\";s:12:\"set_duration\";s:1:\"0\";s:8:\"set_size\";s:1:\"0\";s:8:\"explicit\";s:1:\"0\";s:12:\"episode_type\";s:4:\"full\";s:10:\"podcast_id\";s:0:\"\";}","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sermons","post-thumbnail-displayed"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/livinglightmc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/featured_20261004.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2237,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions\/2237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livinglightmc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}