Hospitality: A People Blessed by the Lord

Hospitality: A People Blessed by the Lord

01/29/2017

Isaiah 61:5-11

Chris Breslin

 

“For most of the church’s history, faithful believers located their acts of hospitality in a vibrant tradition in which needy strangers, Jesus, and angels were welcomed and through which people were transformed.” –Christine Pohl, Making Room

 

“The icon does not make clear which side of the fence Christ is on. Is he imprisoned or are we?” –Brother Robert Lentz, Christ of Maryknoll icon

 

Scripture:

Psalm 46

Isaiah 61

Genesis 17

Colossians 3:10

Hebrews 4:15

Colossians 3:11

Matthew 25:31-46

Luke 10:25-37

Philippians 2:12

 

Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:

All Ye Refugees by McCracken

Come for the Feast is Spread by Burton/Gordon

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms by Hoffman/Showalter

Psalm 46 Prayer for Stacy Nichols who was killed on 01/27/17 in Lakewood Shopping Center

Heal Us, Emmanuel by Cowper/Twit/Morton

River Where Mercy Flows by Miller

Open Up by Gungor/Arndt

Doxology

 

Go further:

American ‘Christianity’ Has Failed (Sojourners)

Being an Image Bearer (NT Wright on Biologos)

Christ of Maryknoll Icon

The Secret of Immigrant Genius (Wall Street Journal)

On Why Reconciling Conflict is Ground Zero for the Inbreaking of the Kingdom (David Fitch on Missio Alliance)

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