The Benedictine Orders of monastics have as a tenet of their lives the idea of hospitality. They essentially aspire to receive everyone who comes to them, who interacts with them in any way whatsoever, as Christ. This is quite a task and a subversive call to that by which most of us have honestly viewed our lives. Most of us, myself included, have unconsciously or even consciously conducted ourselves with more of an attitude that asks, "What can you do for me?" rather than, "What can I do for you?".
With that in mind, we're so blessed to have Ryan and Holly Sharp staying with us. I ran across Ryan's name several months ago (I'd met him a long time ago at a youth camp we'd taken our students to) and started reading up on his stuff. Seeming like kindred spirits and some people we'd love to meet and grow in friendship with, we were excited and pleased when they agreed to hang with us for a few days during this very cool pilgrimmage that they're on. I've got to be honest. Given the previous weekend's sense of loneliness its really nice to have some people in to (a) simply love on and befriend, and (b) to talk about such matters of Church, Christ, and life together in a way that is open and honest rather than jaded and defensive.
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