Come to the Table: Christian Fiction book review

New release by Neta Jackson!

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.”

author Neta Jackson

    As a kid, I always had my nose in a book—when I wasn’t drawing horses, that is. I also had an active imagination (just ask my family about my imaginary pets!). However, in my senior year in high school, I wrote a story about a mountain lion that won a First Place Award from Scholastic Magazine. With the reward money, I bought a typewriter—and the rest, as they say, is history.   Neta Jackson

    Fans of Neta Jackson will be excited to read her newest book in the Souled Out Sister series, Come to the Table.  As the characters are in college or newly graduated, it might have more appeal to younger readers, but it is still a good read for anyone.  Come to the Table continues with some of the characters in the Yada Yada series, but features the young adults, Kat, Nick, and Brygitta.  The three have agreed to sub-lease an apartment while the owners are on a short term missions trip.  In the first book in the Souled Out series, Kat has rescued a young mother and her six year old son, and they play an important part in this new book.

     Kat feels that the Lord is calling her to start a food pantry at her church.  This is, of course, not free of a few problems, and it requires all of them to pray and allow God to direct their enthusiasm for this new adventure.  Then of course, there is the romantic side of the summer. Is Nick interested in Kat, or maybe his interest lies in Rochelle and her young son?

     As usual, Neta Jackson has written an interesting book that I know you will enjoy.

I received one copy of Come to the Table in exchange for Joy In Our Journey's honest review.  No other compensation was provided.

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