God Is Love?

What this episode covers

The most familiar line in the faith — that God is love — turns out to be the hardest to pin down, so we sit with the difference between defining love and discerning it. In this episode, Jacob and Sam hit record with no script and follow the feedback that came in after the pilot wherever it leads: a family member's pushback on whether the real problem is naming or labeling, and a grandmother's read that the true substance of the quilt — the thing that actually keeps you warm — is love. Along the way: Genesis 2 and a God who waits to see what the human will call things, Meg tasting salmon for the first time, why Jesus at all if love is the point, and a naturalist's question — "How do I say your name?" — that turns out to be a way of meeting God. Less defining, more discerning. Pull up a chair.⸻Chapters00:00 Intro00:37 Cold open06:12 Welcome back — no script07:57 Naming, or labeling?09:33 What Adam was really doing16:31 Tasting something for the first time21:01 The tree of knowing23:07 Love as the substance of the quilt25:28 Where the metaphor breaks32:19 Why Jesus35:11 Discern, don't define41:46 Truthing in love46:49 "How do I say your name?"57:28 Love without guarantees⸻Scripture1 John 4:8 — "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."Genesis 2:19 — "He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name."⸻ConnectWeb: tabletalk.fmEmail: [email protected] / TikTok / YouTube: @tabletalkfm faithful curiosity + patchwork spirituality

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