In a world that doesn’t understand intimacy and in a world that would much rather mouth off on social media than actually sit around a dinner table and talk about real things, it takes a certain amount of practice to get comfortable with [it].

Embrace the Awkward

Christian hospitality is different from entertainment in a couple of ways. I love both. I’m happy to enjoy the fellowship and the company of people, but radically ordinary hospitality—Christian hospitality—will be awkward. It just will be. Be okay with that.

Because at some point, you are going to clean up the dinner dishes and you’re going to say, “Now it’s time for family devotions.” And your unbelieving neighbors are going to probably have the same questions that your children have: “How long is it going to take? Do I have to pray?”

So it’s awkward, but it’s not that awkward. In a world that doesn’t understand intimacy and in a world that would much rather mouth off on social media than actually sit around a dinner table and talk about real things, it takes a certain amount of practice to get comfortable with that.

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