-
Recent Posts
- Martin Luther King and Black Lives Matter: Realities of Racism in America
- Suffering Abuse, a Global Pandemic, and Political Upheaval: Is There any Way to Feel Whole Again?
- Being “Colorblind” When it Comes to Race Is No Way to Live Rightly
- Pigs in Sea
- Jesus Didn’t Come to Earth to Condemn You, and Don’t Let Anyone Tell You Different
Looking for Something?
I like these blogs!
Sweet Tweets
- RT @tim_fall: Race may be an artificial construct created to differentiate people based on skin color, but the racism it created in order t… 6 minutes ago
- @pauljpastor Simplicity can be elegant, as one of my colleagues says. 42 minutes ago
- RT @pauljpastor: Simple is rarely tedious. Complicated usually is. Don’t make your life more tedious than it needs to be. 42 minutes ago
- @ECONELLIOTT @MotherJones Is this info from the Mother Jones article you referenced? 50 minutes ago
- @ECONELLIOTT @MotherJones I’ve never read Mother Jones. You? 1 hour ago
Archives
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
Meta
Tag Archives: hospitality
Mary, Joseph and the Inhospitable Relatives
Traveling at Christmas Traveling at Christmas takes guts and a good head for making plans, attributes my wife has in abundance. So we are traveling for Christmas. Driving as a matter of fact. We’ve rented a four wheel drive to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bethlehem, Christmas, hospitality, Jesus, manger, Mary and Joseph
5 Comments
The Secret to Housework and Hospitality
The company I like to keep understands this completely. ***
Moving Away, Being Isolated and Learning New Ways of Hospitality
[Enjoy this guest post from Emily Chaffin on what she learned and how she and her family adapted when they moved from the Bible Belt to the Sun Belt.] “Where are you from?” I have asked this question more times … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bible Belt, Emily Chaffin, hospitality, isolation, Sun Belt
13 Comments
Immigrant Bashing or Open Arms – a Christian’s choice
[From the archives.] Jonathan Merritt posted an article today entitled Four Reasons Christians Should Support a Pathway to Citizenship. Each of his four points are well stated, although not all of his support is exclusive to Christian doctrine. Some of … Continue reading
I Made a Swap with a Homeless Man and Came Out Ahead on the Deal
I crossed the street headed to the coffee shop. As I stood there in the blessedly warm February sun, a man in worn and dirty clothes sitting on the low wall next to the post office said, “Hey, you work at … Continue reading
Feeding the Homeless, Three Scones at a Time
Dolly greeted me from her usual spot across the street from the courthouse. “Hey, how you doing?” “Good,” I said. “On my way to get coffee. Had breakfast yet?” She pointed to a slumped over plastic bag on the ledge … Continue reading
Is Hospitality Lacking at The Gospel Coalition?
I left a comment at The Gospel Coalition the other day complimenting this article’s call for pastors to support gifted women teachers, and I suggested those same pastors should also consider sitting under the teaching of those gifted women. I … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged doctrine, hospitality, Philippians 3:15, The Gospel Coalition
64 Comments
God at the Waffle House – a guest post from Michelle Van Loon
[Today’s guest post is from Michelle Van Loon, a wonderful writer who covers faith, life, and the occasional foray to Israel. I read her posts all the time!] *** I’ve had fairly limited internet access this week as we’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post
Tagged charity, hospitality, Matthew 6, Michelle Van Loon, Pilgrim's Road Trip, Serving God
18 Comments
The Lonely Mormons at the Door
[My friend Bronwyn has been blogging for a while now, mixing reports about the family with fantastic insights on faith and life. She has now started a new blog focusing on faith, although who’s to say if family won’t sneak … Continue reading
How to make sure your blog is more social media than anti-social media
[Internet etiquette is always worth talking about, so here’s an archived post on what you can expect here at my place.] In the movie School of Rock, Jack Black plays a rocker in between gigs who cons his way into … Continue reading →