From Strangers At Strange Tables From the Swedish-accented tones of the formidable Greta Thunberg and her call to environmental responsibility to the political dilemmas in more nations than we care to count — uncertainty and controversey sit everywhere like kegs of gunpowder with wicks. Here, at the end of this decade, there are whispers of revolution and [...]
Tag: culture+hospitality
Welcoming Strangers | Advent #1 Mid-week
This is part of my Strangers At Strange Tables series In truth, the story of Christ’s coming loses much of its value when we tuck the figures away in a manger and ignore the interruption of hospitality which is evident everywhere. Like most other nativity scenes, our manger sits in storage for 11 months of [...]
When Hospitality Gets In The Way
Our understanding of true hospitality requires a theological shift: Hospitality is not what we do for people, it is how we choose to perceive them and how we frame our attitudes towards them. True hospitality, ancient-church hospitality, Jesus-hospitality is about creating space — at our tables, in our lives, in our hearts — in such a way that people know that ‘this is a place where I belong and where I have value.’
Syrian Refugees Pastor Churches in Poland
The media and the politicians weave a story much different than the one that I will tell you here. Where fear has cunningly colored words like 'refugee' and 'Syria', we have long stopped believing that good people cross borders in search of safe homes. We wonder at their motives. We believe the worst. In the [...]
That Innkeeper | Advent Thoughts
Unfortunately, the story of the advent of Christ into planet Earth is a problematic script in these days of fearing the stranger.
hogmanay and halal
The church - a sanctuary where the ones who are not like us find not only welcome but belonging with us.
teanna sunberg 