When you hear the word hospitality, do you smile and hum “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast? Or do you frown and sing the “I’m Too Busy Blues?” We know the Bible teaches us to be hospitable, but sometimes it seems overwhelming. Let’s put our heads together and make it easier. Ready? We’ll see what my friend Jean Wilund did to make entertaining easy—even when she faced a challenge. Jean invited Frances to join her for coffee and pastries, but she almost left her neighbor on the porch wondering if she’d arrived on the wrong day. Jean shared…
Tag: fellowship
Refresh with Summer Joy: 5 Easy Ways to Gather Friends Around the Table
Let’s continue our theme of reaching for refreshment and savoring summer days by cultivating our relationship with God and each other. Today I’m including: 1. Lemonade stand memories, 2. Encouraging words from the apostle Paul, 3. 5 easy ways to gather friends around the table, 4. 2 more summer recipes, and drum roll please … 5. Updates on A Place at His Table, my devotional that releases this August. Let’s start with a glass of cold lemonade. Does that sound like summer refreshment to you? Lemonade Stand Memories My summer memories include our childhood lemonade stands where sugary liquid pooled…
The Safest Pandemic Fellowship
After facing 2020’s canceled events with minimal social time, safe gathering opportunities fill my heart with joy. Family, friends, and Christian fellowship brighten our days. Last week one of our granddaughters was giddy with anticipation to visit Poppy and Gigi (that’s us) for the first time in months. She danced around the room and with top-of-her-lungs excitement, shared her good fortune with siblings. Two days later I was the giddy one. Our son invited us to join his family at a state park where he’d discovered a secluded, crystal-clear stream. We waded, splashed, found wild muscadines, and watched a toy…