What I think I think about Hospitality.

I think Hospitality is about saying … I’d like to know you better.

I think Hospitality is about availability and pushing past our fears.

I think Hospitality is simple about opening our heart to others - making room for others, maybe even strangers, inside your heart.

I think Hospitality is about Acceptance: which is not about approval or condoning, rather it’s more about receiving, and embracing.

I think Hospitality is about giving up our fear of the strangers, the tiresome, the poor and the outcast, and giving everyone a chance.

I think Hospitality is about asking the question: How dangerous will I become if I don’t learn to be more open to others?

I think Hospitality challenges my desire to either turn away or turn inward and disconnect from others

I think Hospitality Assumes:

• I think Hospitality Assumes … there is something sacred about every human we encounter, every life is holy ground, and every person we encounter may be a gift from God.

• I think Hospitality Assumes … there is a big loneliness at the heart of every person.
• I think Hospitality Assumes … that we are called to accept responsibility to care for strangers.
• I think Hospitality Assumes … that Hospitality is not something you achieve, its a path, a direction that we face.
• I think Hospitality Assumes … we will need courage to keep the door of heart ajar.