The Art of Hospitality

A feast of food and hospitality at PEI’s Fireworks Feast sparked reflections on the church’s own welcome. From thoughtful accommodations to genuine presence, every detail made us feel welcome and included. What if our congregations mirrored that same joy, preparation, and love in receiving guests?

Hear and Listen

Have you ever been a stranger? Started a new job? Joined a new family? Perhaps the first time you met your in-laws? What was that like? How did you feel? Disorienting? You didn’t know the ‘rules or norms’ for behaviour. The inside jokes. What about travelling alone to a foreign country? Where you didn’t speak…

Welcome Home!

You don’t hear of me in that story that was just read did you? I am Lydia, the mother of those two boys. Those two very different boys… Nathaniel the eldest and Zachary, the child of our old age… And of course, I am a wife, Simon’s wife… I want to tell you a little bit more of…

Love Your Visitors!

I am out of town on Study Leave, in fact, on the other side of the country, and so took advantage of the opportunity to worship instead of lead worship last Sunday. I chose the church partly because of what I discovered on their website, which indicated an active, outward looking congregation. The music was…