The success of a dinner depends as much on fellowship as on food. This fellowship takes place through conversation. A banquet of friends buzzes like a beehive. Did you notice it or maybe you were too busy talking to have heard it? A dinner is a miserable occasion when two or more people sit down and eat their meal in a cold, bitter silence, because there is nothing for them to communicate. This dinner conversation need not be pleasantries or chit-chat, but it can be talk of substance. This was the case with the conversation at Martin Luther's dinner table. Invariably he had professors and students eat with him daily. During and after the meal, while still at the table, they would get into living dialogue. Invited guests recorded some of the talk. Today it is known as Luther's Table Talk. O…