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When an assisted living home in California shut down last fall,
When an assisted living home in California shut down last fall, many of its residents were left behind, with nowhere to go. The staff at the Valley Sp...

Hospitality is a gesture of peace. It says to the stranger, “I
Hospitality is a gesture of peace. It says to the stranger, “I trust you to come into my home, to eat my food, to take up my time.” In an age of p...

“Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where
“Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to ...

The closest we can come to experiencing the suffering of others is
The closest we can come to experiencing the suffering of others is to physically enact their suffering. It isn’t the same, of course. But to limit w...

“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship
“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His word, s...

What I find lacking in many churches is friendship, a
What I find lacking in many churches is friendship, a face-to-face, first-name-basis relationality between rich and poor. This is what is missing in m...