Invitation, Reader Make the Invitation Personal In an electronic, need-for-speed, overnight-delivery age, the more personal the invitation the better. A visit is more personal than a…
Invitation, Reader Invitations that Cost Something There are certain properties of invitation that can make it more than simply a request. In addition to stating the…
Invitation, Reader Willing to Hear “No” Too often we dilute the transformational possibilities of groups by asking too little or expecting too little. A transformational invitation…
Invitation, Reader Creating Hospitality an Invitation at a Time In the wilderness, the stranger becomes a neighbor through the vulnerable act of hospitality. Such hospitality is not reserved to…
Reader, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected A Pause that Reimagines Social Life The great “triad of vulnerability” in the book of Deuteronomy identifies widows, orphans, and immigrants as needy members of society…
