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
- 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
Podcast
- Making Room for Connection, Kitty Litter and All (Open to Wonder, Season 3) with author Amy Peterson (Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy).
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
- 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