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one s job counts as being hospitable even if one is getting paid some of her statements border on arrogance like this one if mary magdalene had written a book about hospitality for this post christian world it would read like this one p 14 and her tone comes across so strong sometimes that it s off putting however i think she does have some important things to say about exercising hospitality as i said i was convicted many times over i loved some of her summations imagine a world where neighbors said that christians throw the best parties in town and are the go to people for big problems and issues without being invited imagine if the children in the neighborhood knew that the christians were safe people to ask for help imagine a world where every christian knew his neighbors sufficiently to be of earthly and spiritual good pp 218 219 i often link up with some of these bloggers share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print posted in books tagged books christian hospitality christian nonfiction 7 replies broken pieces posted on april 26 2026 by barbara harper 15 in a recent laudable linkage post i shared an unfamiliar quote from elisabeth elliot if your life is broken it may be because pieces will feed a multitude i don t remember where i saw the quote and whoever shared it didn t list the book or program it came from but i ve been thinking about it ever since elisabeth is alluding to what we call the feeding of the five thousand john 6 1 14 as you recall people streamed to hear jesus preach he had compassion on the multitude and asked philip where they could buy food for the crowd john tells us jesus said this to test him for he himself knew what he would do philip responded that two hundred denarii a denarii being a day s wage then wouldn t be enough to give everyone even a little andrew said a boy had a lunch of five barley loaves and two fish but what are they for so many what happened then preparation in faith jesus had the disciples seat the people just as if they were going to have a feast gratefulness jesus thanked his father for what they had blessing the account of this miracle in the other gospels say jesus blessed the food brokenness the other three gospels also say jesus broke the bread before passing it out distribution jesus gave the food to the disciples to hand out to the people sufficiency they all ate and were satisfied luke 9 17 abundance not only did everyone eat their fill but there were enough leftovers to fill twelve baskets of broken pieces enough to feed many more we hear a lot of lament these days when people feel they are not enough i always want to say of course we re not enough paul writes not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us 2 corinthians 3 5 but paul goes on to say our sufficiency is from god when we give what we have to jesus whether it s money time counsel a listening ear a word in due season or whatever and he blesses and breaks it it can feed many we don t have to wait for perfection we ll never reach it in this life we don t have to bemoan what little we have he can work with it we don t have to compare ourselves to those who have more time money talents skills etc jesus commended a widow who gave two small coins because that was all she had we don t even have to wait until we have it all together god can use our incomplete and broken pieces and often those broken pieces nourish others who then minister from their broken pieces multiplying god s grace far beyond what we can see paul said he came to the corinthians in weakness and in fear and much trembling and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power 1 corinthians 2 3 4 in his next letter to them paul wrote he said to me my grace is sufficient for you for my power is perfected in weakness therefore i will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses so that the power of christ may rest on me that is why for the sake of christ i delight in weaknesses in insults in hardships in persecutions in difficulties for when i am weak then i am strong 2 corinthians 12 9 10 we don t have to be sufficient god is and he can bless and use our weaknesses and broken pieces to minister grace to others i often link up with some of these bloggers share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print posted in christian life ministry thoughts from scripture tagged god uses broken pieces ministry 15 replies laudable linkage posted on april 25 2026 by barbara harper reply some of the good reading found this week the kind of man it takes to marry a woman with past sexual sin ht to challies it seems to me that the kind of man who would choose to marry a woman who has been redeemed by god and transformed by his grace willing to take upon himself any burdens that might come along with her past is a man who is like jesus in taking me as his bride my husband is a picture that points to what christ has done for us it doesn t get more godly than that the paradox of the brightening path ht to challies there s a paradox you ll encounter the longer you walk with jesus the more you experience the light of his love the more clearly you see the remaining spots and stains in your life progress seems lacking stumbles continue to mark your journey the more you know the lord s love for you the more you feel your unworthiness and your dependence on his grace this doesn t mean you re going backward i call it the paradox of the brightening path stay in the present moment during your seasons of transition the weather and the calendar eventually reconcile but we all know that other transitions don t resolve themselves so dependably here s the question then what can i do with what s right here in front of me today 5 simple ways to extend biblical hospitality thankfully we can live out god s command to practice hospitality in ways as different as we are remember there s a huge difference between entertaining and hospitality entertaining usually involves fancy dishes silverware and expense hospitality can be as simple as takeout pizza on paper plates if god is nudging you out of your comfort zone and into greater obedience in the area of biblical hospitality consider these five simple ways to practice it is your fatherhood like a rubik s cube ht to challies these truths are good for mothers to remember as well as fathers i call this the rubik s cube effect one side starts to come together but in the very act of bringing order there something else is thrown out of place random thoughts about preaching and being preached to there are few matters more foundational to pastoral ministry than preaching and few matters more common to the christian experience than being preached to most pastors will preach thousands of sermons over the span of their ministry and most congregants will listen to thousands of sermons over the span of their lifetime this means we should think about preaching often and well the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by his letting us have our way in the end but by his making us wait bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what he taught his disciples to pray thy will be done elisabeth elliot passion and purity share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print posted in laudable linkage tagged listening to sermons living in the present marriage when there is past sexual sin paradox of the brightening path parenting preaching and being preached to sanctification simple ways to extend biblical hospitality the rubik s effect in parenting leave a reply friday s fave five posted on april 24 2026 by barbara harper 11 it s astonishing to me that this is the last friday in april already on fridays i try to slow down and savor the moments with susanne at living to tell the stor y 1 impromptu visits jason mittu and timothy stopped by to borrow my kitchen scale and stayed for a while then jason and timothy dropped in again later in the week jeremy had sent timothy a surprise box so we had a multi family facetime session to see what it was a radio kit 2 pre ordering books i ve mentioned gabrielle meyer s time crossers series here many times i follow her on instagram and saw that the newest in the series was available for pre ordering at a reduced price and with free shipping publishers like pre orders because it gives them an idea about how much interest there is in the book so they offer incentives i am happy to accept 3 roads paved i mentioned last week that preliminary work had been done to repave our out of the way roads in our little neighborhood the roads were paved the very next day they look so much better and i was amazed at how quickly the process went 4 finding a timely book while looking for an older previously read book on my shelves i rediscovered one i had not read yet and had completely forgotten about life under the sun the unexpectedly good news of ecclesiastes by hannah anderson i ve read all of her other books except this and one other and enjoyed them immensely this is in a bible study format unlike her others our pastor just started a new sermon series in ecclesiastes so i plan to use this book as a companion through the series 5 peonies blooming or at least beginning to open we planted them last may after their blooming cycle i d heard that it can take them a few years to flower so i am delighted they each have several buds looking like they are ready to pop i am excited to see them open more fully the roses are blooming too bonus we saw the first hummingbird of the season at the feeder outside my kitchen window how was your week share this share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print posted in friday s fave five 11 replies post navigation older posts about me i m barbara harper a middle aged wife and stay at home mom who loves to write about my family funny or interesting things i see and things god has taught me feel free to email me email subscription enter 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