14.3 How to Hospitality
Hospitality, a habit of sharing what I have and who I am with others, plays out in the details.
Note: I’d like to allay some fears, and you can read more on these in a future post:
Not everyone is a host!
There are essential boundaries in sharing who you are and what you have!
That said, on we go!
How do we make this beautiful ideal happen in the real world? Hospitality, a habit of sharing what I have and who I am with others, plays out in the details. I can tell you, “Be hospitable!” But it’s terrifying to leap into it without very particular help.
Use This Framework
A basic framework to hang ideas on:
A guest
A space
A timeframe
A consumable
A loosely-committed-to activity
Here’s where I give you a few ideas, you copy and then improvise. Maybe this feels a little forced, but it’s got to be done if we’re going to brighten up all the corners of our lives with incarnate grace! We have to practice.
Here are some examples. Scenario One and Two are from my life. Three and Four are from Brandon’s. In general.
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