Focus. Gravity. Rhythm.

One REQUIREMENT for church leaders listed in the Bible is to be hospitable. In our day of fast food and isolated homes this is almost a lost art. I grew up in a household that regularly had people over. We had “leaves” for our table that could extend the seating from 6 to 10 or even 14. And it was a regular thing. Not just a Christmas dinner or birthday either. Janna and I are getting back to this rhythm. One of the things you (we) need to get over is the notion that we have to put on a spread or be some sort of Martha Stewart to have people over. We don’t have to have white table cloths and polished silverware (although they are nice). I’ve found that people today are just so honored or thankful that ANYONE asks them over to do ANYTHING. Asking someone to sit at your table or in your living room is a high honor. How can you practice hospitality in your context? (home, apartment, dorm?, church)