Hospitality: Intro (2015.05.03 Sermon Audio)

John Chandler turned our attention toward hospitality as we continue our yearlong focus on our shared practices.

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The radical option is nothing more or less than for the church to be a way of life. — Rodney Clapp, A Peculiar People
The original Christians, in short, were about creating and sustaining a unique culture — a way of life that would shape character in the image of their God. And they were determined to be a culture, a quite public and political culture, even if it killed them and their children. — Rodney Clapp, A Peculiar People
Hospitality is the welcoming of strangers. This is a third major property that defines an abundant community: There is always a welcome at the edge, regardless of how bonded the members of a community might be. A neighborhood is not really a competent or abundant community if strangers are not welcome. — John McKnight/Peter Block, The Abundant Community