so-so3 stars ⭐️
The most impactful part of this book is the first 50 pages, which I'm sure I'll return to in the future. This really is not a theological book regarding the art of hospitality with practical advice, but rather, a memoir with lots of personal anecdotes on beans in crock-pots, descriptions of lengthy dinners, and tales of dogs and cats misbehaving. The first bit was overwhelmingly good - the rest, underwhelming in almost every way.
This right here 👆🏼
As a stay at home mother of three, I sometimes listen to the world a little more than I should. It tells me I don‘t measure up to the strong “career” women my age. When the world and those around me get me down, my husband so sweetly reminds me of this quote from C.S. Lewis.
“The homemaker has the ultimate career; All the other careers exist for one purpose only, and that is to support the ultimate career”
“Knowing your personality and your sensitivities does not excuse you from ministry. It means that you need to prepare for it differently than others might.”
Talk about convicting #gutpunch
pickSuch a great book recommended by a great friend. I am inspired to live this way - sharing the gospel through radically, ordinary hospitality!
pickThere is nothing so magical as reading a book and realizing it is exactly the right age/level for the kids you‘re reading it with. Reading this book about color mixing (and, you know, racism and colorism and difference) with K-2nd grade this week while we make optical illusion tops that “mix” colors as they spin. #librariansofLitsy #outreach #picturebook #kidlit
pickRosaria‘s lifestyle of lavish hospitality kicked down the doors in my own heart. In an age of epidemic loneliness, with so many families broken and dysfunctional, welcoming people into our homes is good medicine for souls. Hospitality is something we take with us, a heart cultivated with tenderness toward neighbors, the stranger, the prisoner, the sick, and children who need a forever home or just a stop-gap. Read in a stimulating book study.
pickThis book was a great challenge to open up my house more and let my neighbors in!
I got the free red reusable cups that Starbucks was handing out to the first 50 customers at Starbucks locations in the US and Canada. I stayed up and went across town to the Starbucks that opened the earliest. Chestnut Praline is what I got.
