Hospitality: Helpful Resources
Hospitality has many different aspects. Among other things, the Bible talks about hosts providing food, shelter, and protection (see the article “Practicing Hospitality” for more on this).
Biblical Hospitality
Articles
- Biblical Hospitality: Inviting Outsiders to Be Family by Scott Cormode on Faithward.org
- Digging Deeper: Hospitality in the Bible on BuildFaith.org
- Why the Need for Hospitality Is Greater Than Ever by Timothy W. Massaro on corechristianity.com
- The Power of Biblical Hospitality by Jeff Christopherson on christianitytoday.com
- How Is Christian Hospitality Different from Entertaining? by Jen Schmidt on lifeway.com
Books
- Invited: The Power of Hospitality in an Age of Loneliness by Leslie Verner
- Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition by Christine Pohl (study guide also available)
- Saved by Faith and Hospitality by Joshua Jipp
- The Simplest Way to Change the World by Dustin Willis and Brandon Clements
Video
- Radical Hospitality for the Rest of Us—7 Characteristics of Radically Hospitable Congregations
Devotions/Journal
- Reach Out, Gather In: 40 Days to Opening Your Heart and Home by Karen Ehman
Providing Food
- The Lost Art of Inviting Friends over for Dinner by Bonnie Kristian on TheWeek.com
- Do You Believe These Common Lies About Hospitality? by Lisa Burns on intentionalbygrace.com
- I Invited Complete Strangers over for Dinner, and This Is What Happened by Gabie Rudyte on ThoughtCatalog.com. (Note: Obviously there are safety concerns around inviting total strangers into our homes, but this article was too thought-provoking to pass up!)
- 7 Dietarily Sensitive Meals for a Crowd by Sabrina Evans on BuildFaith.org
- Book: We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God by Kendall Vanderslice
- Film: One of the best movies about hospitality, welcome, and food is Babette’s Feast.
Providing Shelter
- Being a Family Promise Church Puts ‘A Different Face on Homelessness’ by Maia VanderMeer in The Banner
- Hospitable Neighborhoods by Eric O. Jacobsen in The Banner
- How Habitat for Humanity Changed My Life by Julianne Bonk on TheOdysseyOnline.com