Stories tagged with: hospitality

• Single missionary gets unexpected family

  by Leslie Peacock Caldwell, posted Tuesday, July 21, 2020 (2 years ago)

  

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  THAILAND (BP) -- The words weren't easy for Angela to hear: "If you go back as a single career missionary, you probably will never get married." She understood that her adviser wanted her to consider the sacrifice she might have to make by committing to long-term missions. A one-way ticket to another country could greatly decrease her chances of meeting a husband and having a family. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Hotel-heightened hospitality

  by Anteneshia Sanders, posted Friday, July 19, 2019 (3 years ago)

  Making hotel guests feel welcomed and valued, Anteneshia Sanders writes, is "prefaced by their dignity and value as image-bearers of God." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: 'Welcome' -- for international students, a powerful word

  by Terry Sharp, posted Monday, March 13, 2017 (5 years ago)

  Terry Sharp describes "an incredible opportunity in the U.S. to welcome almost a million international students who arrive from countries all around the world to attend American colleges and universities every year." The large majority of them, however, "are never invited into an American home." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Burnt aprons, hospitality & the Gospel

  by Melissa Meredith, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (5 years ago)

  For Christian women who want to have hospitable hearts and homes, Melissa Meredith writes that it "does not depend on your home mirroring the pages of House Beautiful or mastering Martha Stewart's latest recipe." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: What's become of Christian hospitality?

  by Bob Carpenter, posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014 (7 years ago)

  Michigan pastor Bob Carpenter, writing about the importance of Christian hospitality, rejects such excuses as "Times have changed" and "We're all too busy." Read More