Anticipation is a powerful emotion.   We can be in an incredibly dark season, thinking that there’s no way through and that how it is now is the only way it can ever be. Then, often unexpectedly, something happens that moves our attention from the present to the future.   ​ An invitation arrives.   Someone you love says they’re coming for a visit.   An event gets announced that you’ve been wanting to experience.   ​ And while the difficulty of the present may not have changed

What is hospitality? We define it this way: People and environments that help others feel at home with God, each other, self, and...