{"id":70639,"date":"2018-04-28T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T16:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=70639"},"modified":"2018-04-28T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T20:05:01","slug":"ct-rosaria-butterfield-christian-hospitality-is-radically-different-from-southern-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=70639","title":{"rendered":"(CT) Rosaria Butterfield: Christian Hospitality Is Radically Different from \u2018Southern Hospitality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

You advocate a kind of hospitality that steers clear of teacups and doilies. How does radically ordinary hospitality differ from what most people think of as \u201cSouthern hospitality?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

First of all, it is not entertainment. Hospitality is about meeting the stranger and welcoming that stranger to become a neighbor\u2014and then knowing that neighbor well enough that, if by God\u2019s power he allows for this, that neighbor becomes part of the family of God through repentance and belief. It has absolutely nothing to do with entertainment.<\/p>\n

Entertainment is about impressing people and keeping them at arm\u2019s length. Hospitality is about opening up your heart and your home, just as you are, and being willing to invite Jesus into the conversation, not to stop the conversation but to deepen it.<\/p>\n

Hospitality is fundamentally an act of missional evangelism. And I wouldn\u2019t know what to do with a doily if you gave it to me. I would probably wipe up cat mess with a doily.<\/p>\n

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Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rosaria Butterfield: Christian Hospitality Is Radically Different from \u2018Southern Hospitality\u2019 https:\/\/t.co\/qRueBKUtOh<\/a> via @CTMagazine<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sam Coyle (@SamCoyle1) April 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n