Come To The Table- Book Review

The second in the Souled Out Sister's series, Come to the Table by Neta Jackson follows the lives of members of the "Souled Out" community church - particularly roommates Kat, Bree, Nick, Rochelle (and her son Conny).

Kat - a new Christian - feels led to share the knowledge she has about food and nutrition with the poor in her community, but must look to others in her church to give legs (and practical wisdom) to her ideas.  Along the way, a Kat/Nick/Rochelle love triangle develops.

Kat Davies is suddenly wondering if her good deed was a bad idea.

Kat may be new in her faith, but she’s embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited Rochelle—a homeless mother—and her son to move in the apartment she shares with two other housemates. And she’s finally found a practical way to channel her passion for healthy eating by starting a food pantry at the church.

Her feelings for Nick are getting harder to ignore. The fact that he’s the interning pastor at SouledOut Community Church and one of her housemates makes it complicated enough. But with Rochelle showing interest in Nick as a father-figure for her son, their apartment is feeling way too small.

But not everyone thinks the food pantry is a good idea. When the woman she thought would be her biggest supporter just wants to “pray about it,” Kat is forced to look deeper at her own motives. Only when she begins to look past the surface does she see people who are hungry and thirsty for more than just food and drink and realizes the deeper significance of inviting them to “come to the table.”

I enjoyed this book a lot. I love how impulsive Kat is with her ideas and how she is brought about to see the real need of people who were hungry. Kat has a good heart and is learning a lot about the Christian faith. In the beginning she is quite self absorbed but learns to really look at the needs and hearts of others. I look forward to reading more about her as well as the other beloved characters of the Yada Yada series.

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