This week, our subject is Chapter 9 of Welcoming the Stranger, “Immigration and the Church Today.”
hospitality
Thanksgiving for Domestic Hospitality (Scholar’s Compass)
During my own graduate days, there is no kindness for which I am more thankful than that of being welcomed into the homes of my peers and instructors.
Summer Snapshot: The Discipline of Simplicity
Two years ago, my husband and I packed our two-bedroom townhouse into my parents’ garage and flew to the U.K. with two bags each. During our postgraduate studies, we lived in a 300 sq. ft. apartment and shared one three-feet-wide closet for a whole year. Aside from traveling and making friends from around the world, we learned a few unexpected lessons which we are trying to integrate into our lives this summer.
Abundance (Scholar’s Compass)
The first time I saw a passionflower I very nearly tripped over my own astonishment. There was something unaccountable about that firework of purple— an unnatural, extravagant beauty. It was the only bloom in an otherwise untended scratch of dirt, and it seemed to be staging a cheerful rebellion against its uninspired surroundings, as if enjoying the irrational pleasure of hurling splendor into the world.
Navigating Beginnings: Student’s Bolognese
How can I extend welcome to newcomers in my university and neighborhood?