The Hospitality of Strangers
Abraham's three visitors and the long strange art of welcome.
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Issue № 042 · Easter Vigil · MMXXVI
We were strangers,
We were strangers,
too.
A reflection on hospitality, displacement, and the long strange journey of becoming a people. Plus: this week's gathering, this month's serve projects, and one hymn on loop.
In This Issue
Notes from the Commons.
The Table We Share
World Communion Sunday. Why bread breaks down borders the State couldn't.
ReadOn the Ethics of Prayer
What we do when we pray "your kingdom come." A meditation on the Lord's Prayer as a political act.
ReadThe Widow’s Two Mites
A sermon about the economy of small things, and why Jesus called two copper coins "more than all the others."
ReadOn Not Belonging
What it means to be "strangers and exiles on the earth" — a sermon for a congregation of immigrants and long-term neighbors.
ReadThe God Who Keeps Showing Up
A sermon on the patience of God, preached on a difficult week for our community.
Read"For we have been strangers in a strange land — and therefore we make room."from the Commons liturgy of welcome
How We Live
Three invitations for a life together.
i · Gather
Worship, weekly.
Sunday mornings at ten. The liturgy is multi-lingual, the music is led by a rotating collective, the preaching works through a book of the Bible at a time. Coffee before, meal after (on the first Sunday of each month).
ii · Belong
Small rooms, shared keys.
Community Groups meet in apartments, cafes, back patios. Twelve-person rooms where the questions get slower and the relationships get longer. Find the group that fits your life.
iii · Serve
Proximate, persistent.
The Bread Table. The Housing Collective. The English tutoring partnership. The tutoring hub for kids. Our serving isn't charity. It's membership in the life of our neighborhood.
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