Lord Of The Feast

Jesus came so that his joy would be in us, and our joy would be full. That joy lives in our hearts, but it is worked out, enjoyed, and multiplied in feasting and festivals that honor God.

The Bible is a book that starts in a garden and ends at a feast. Festivals and feasting highlight its pages. Sadly, they don’t often highlight the lives of Christians. This book aims to remedy that by developing a robust theology of festivity and guiding Christians in what it looks like to live lives of festive joy. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine to honor God and be holy.

Tom Thiessen planted Gospel Church in Durango, Colorado, and has been pastoring there for over a decade. He has been married to Nikki for almost two decades, and together they are raising and educating their four children amidst daily feasting. With Gospel Church he started the annual Resurrection Festival, a three-day Easter celebration that aims to celebrate with festivity that is a fitting response to the glories of the death and resurrection of Christ. He has also written a book on sex and gender called Gender Bender as part of his labors to bring God’s Word to bear on the world in doctrine, worship, and culture in a multitude of ways.