Written by Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), a Dutch priest, professor, writer, and theologian. This is an excerpt from his book “Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life.”
In our world full of strangers, estranged from their own past, culture, and country, from their neighbors, friends and family, from their deepest self and their God, we witness a painful search for a hospitable place where life can be lived without fear and where community can be found…It is possible for men and women and obligatory for Christians to offer an open and hospitable space where strangers can cast off their strangeness and become our fellow human beings.
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. [Hebrews 13:2]
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