Called to Community
Beyond the Community
Hospitality
Pages 323-330
TOGETHER read the devotional and the scripture.
INDIVIDUALLY take notes in your journal on what stands out.
Hebrews 13:1-3 (NIV) Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
TOGETHER pray for one another.
INDIVIDUALLY answer the questions in your journal - process your devotional notes and pray.
Why is hospitality so important for a community?
What prevents us from extending hospitality to others?
Pohl says that “sometimes welcome must be limited and distinctions made.” How does this square with the ideal of unconditional love and God’s great mercy?
Pohl ends with some tough questions. Discuss them. Are there other questions you might add?
EXTRA READING:
“When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a Communist.”
- Hélder Helder Câmara (1909 - 1999)