Hospitality is crucial to Christian ministry.
Readers will find a wealth of wisdom to revive authentic Hospitality in their ministry..
Pragmatic and thoughtful, Pohl deals frankly with both the blessings and the boundaries of hospitality.
Pohl combines rich biblical and historical research with experience in contemporary Christian communities, including the Catholic Worker, L\'Abri, Good Works, Inc., and others.
This revitalized edition, with a new foreword and afterword by the author, introduces the theology of Hospitality to a new generation.
And it is just as relevant today, with the refugee crisis, the rise in homelessness, and growing loneliness and isolation.
Christine Pohl\'s classic work, Making Room , first spoke to this issue in 1999.
Yet despite urgent need, Hospitality has fallen by the wayside.
This Hospitality did not consist of entertaining neighbors, but welcoming the stranger, especially those who could not return the favor.
To the early Christians, Hospitality was central to the gospel mission.
Hospitality is crucial to Christian ministry