Invited : the power of hospitality in an age of loneliness / Leslie Verner. [print]

By:

Verner, Leslie [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781513804347
9781513804330

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Christian Life.

LOC classification:

BV4647.V531.I585 2019
BV4647

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Contents:

Staying put -- Stranger love -- Linger longer -- The friendship conundrum -- Habits of hospitality -- Beyond our limits -- Solitude -- Utterly dependent -- A shared life.

Subject: "Many people today feel lonely, isolated, and disconnected from God and others. We crave authentic community, but we have no idea where to start. We'd be glad to cultivate friendships; but honestly, who's got the time? In Invited, writer Leslie Verner says real hospitality is not having a Pinterest-perfect table or well-appointed living room. True hospitality is not clean, comfortable, or controlled. It is an invitation to enter a sacred space together with friends and strangers. Through vivid accounts from her life and travels in Uganda, China, and Tajikistan, and stories of visiting congregations in the United States, Verner shares stories of life around the table and how hospitality is at the heart of Christian community. What if we in the West learned about hospitality from people around the globe? What if our homes became laboratories of belonging? Invited will empower you to open your home, get to know your neighbors, and prioritize people over tasks. Holy hospitality requires more of Jesus and less of us. It leads not only to loving the stranger but to becoming the stranger. Welcome to a new kind of hospitality." --

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BV4647.V476.H677 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001720552

The quest for community -- Staying put -- Stranger love -- Linger longer -- The friendship conundrum -- Habits of hospitality -- Beyond our limits -- Solitude -- Utterly dependent -- A shared life.

"Many people today feel lonely, isolated, and disconnected from God and others. We crave authentic community, but we have no idea where to start. We'd be glad to cultivate friendships; but honestly, who's got the time? In Invited, writer Leslie Verner says real hospitality is not having a Pinterest-perfect table or well-appointed living room. True hospitality is not clean, comfortable, or controlled. It is an invitation to enter a sacred space together with friends and strangers. Through vivid accounts from her life and travels in Uganda, China, and Tajikistan, and stories of visiting congregations in the United States, Verner shares stories of life around the table and how hospitality is at the heart of Christian community. What if we in the West learned about hospitality from people around the globe? What if our homes became laboratories of belonging? Invited will empower you to open your home, get to know your neighbors, and prioritize people over tasks. Holy hospitality requires more of Jesus and less of us. It leads not only to loving the stranger but to becoming the stranger. Welcome to a new kind of hospitality." --

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