Recovering Hospitality as a Vital Aspect of the Christian Life

Recovering Hospitality as a Vital Aspect of the Christian Life

My first hospitality disaster looked like a blueberry pie, but once I cut into it, I could see it was clearly a blueberry soup enclosed in a pie crust. I hope I served it with ice cream, but even if I did, nothing can take the sting out of that memory. Thanks be to God,… Continue reading Recovering Hospitality as a Vital Aspect of the Christian Life

The Practice of Curiosity and the Rewards of a Lifelong Quest for Knowledge

The Practice of Curiosity

Part of the delight of spending time with my oldest grandson is that he takes nothing for granted.Nothing.โ€œBam, why bubble pop?โ€โ€œBecause you stood on it.โ€โ€œWhy?โ€ Well, good question.  Why indeed, and even now, our conversations still routinely run on in this vein of relentless curiosity.  Now that heโ€™s old enough to have moved from bubble… Continue reading The Practice of Curiosity and the Rewards of a Lifelong Quest for Knowledge