Thursday, July 7, 2011

Hospitality

Good morning world!  Hospitality is on my mind today. We practice it when we graciously welcome guests (including strangers and enemies) into our world.  Sometimes hospitality requires that we cross boundaries and tear down barriers erected in our society to keep "those people" away. Sometimes it means entertaining those who may be different than us. 

Hospitality and hostility are both derived from the same word root — but they couldn't be more different. Whereas hospitality is about welcoming all, hostility thrives on insider/outsider conflicts. Practice the former to increase your tolerance of the various groups in our society and their distinctive lifestyles.

On an interpersonal level, hospitality is a good prescription to balance a tendency to be critical of and unaccommodating to others. People who are distrustful of the world, who become fearful and paranoid when strangers approach, or who are suspicious of ideas unlike their own will also benefit from this practice.
How do you practice hospitality (work, home, worship?)

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