Failed Reception Becomes Party for the Homeless

When Katie Hosking decided to break up with her fiancé, it was only 12 days before the wedding. Along with her parents, Katie had reserved a country ...

Pastor Challenges the Church to Be Colorblind

[James] Meeks [pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago] hopes to persuade African American and white evangelicals to work together. And he's willing ...

"My Big Fat Greek Wedding": Unexpected Acceptance

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a comedy based on the real-life experiences of Greek American actress Nia Vardalos. Toula Portokalos (played by Nia) is the ...

Hospitable Marriage Sets Example

"Not long ago we became acquainted with a husband and wife who frequently open their home for short- and long-term hospitality. They've housed ...

Hospitality Takes Time

In an era when many of us feel that time is our scarcest resource, hospitality falters.… "In a fast-food culture," a wise Benedictine monk observes, ...

Marcella: A Model of Hospitality

Marcella, who was born to a noble Roman family in 325, was highly revered by Jerome, the 4th-century translator of the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible. ...

Phyllis Williams: A Refuge for Refugees

"What we did wasn't that remarkable. We just learned to move over," says Phyllis Williams of University City, Missouri, outside of St. Louis. In 1980, ...

Crumby Guests

Our wedding reception, in my parents' home, ended late. Mom didn't try to clean up until the next morning. To her dismay, there were cake crumbs everywhere! ...

Church Hospitality

Singer John Charles Thomas, at age sixty-six, wrote to syndicated columnist Abigail Van Buren: "I am presently completing the second year of a three-year ...

Where Home Is

Home is the place where,

When you have to go there,

They have to take you in.