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Famous at Home

#83: The Power of Invitation – Changing a Generation by Opening Your Door with Jen Schmidt

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9653 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

For many of us, inviting people into our lives and homes feels more like inviting judgment on our entertaining skills and stress on our already maxed-out schedules. And with the holidays approaching, you may be feeling the pressure.

But what if you knew that opening your front door had the power to radically change the world around you? To make an impact and leave a legacy with everyday invitations?

Jen Schmidt has set out to reframe how we think about hospitality and to equip us to walk a road of welcome in our daily lives. Jen knows that every time we choose open-door living—whether in our homes or by taking hospitality on the road—those we invite in get to experience the lived-out love of Jesus, our kids grow up in a life-lab of generosity, and we trade insecurity for connection.








In this episode, we talk to Jen about how you and your family can offer the life-changing gift of invitation, no matter the stage of life your family is in. We talk about:

* The freedom of hospitality, not the burden of it
* How invitation gives purpose to our kids and family
* The difference between hospitality and entertaining
* How your invitation can expand beyond your home
* Ways you can see your home as the most likely location for changing the world around you, one open door at a time.

Show Notes:

To learn more about Jen's book and Bible study, Just Open the Door, click here. 

For information on The Becoming Conference, click here.

 

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0:00.0

We all have family picture frames.

0:11.8

Who are the people in yours?

0:13.4

I'm Josh.

0:14.4

And I'm Christy.

0:15.8

In This Together is a podcast where we discuss topics related to today's family.

0:23.4

We also go behind the scenes to share stories from our own crooked picture frame. And we interview guests to discover how their

0:28.5

stories can give us insight on becoming families who live, love, and lead well. Because you're

0:34.3

not alone. We're in this together.

0:40.4

This episode of the In This Together podcast is brought to you by Lifeway Women.

0:45.9

For more information about all the events Lifeway Women has to offer, visit lifeway.com

0:51.3

slash women's events.

1:00.8

Welcome back to the In This Together podcast. Today we have a really great conversation with Jen Schmidt, who has written a book about hospitality, though she

1:08.2

doesn't want you to think of that word during this conversation.

1:12.4

Her book is called Just Open the Door, How One Invitation Can Change a Generation.

1:17.3

And this is one of those conversations that literally makes you sigh in relief and totally

1:26.3

reframes your view on inviting those from without your home into your

1:33.1

home.

1:33.5

Well, and I think the great thing about the conversation is that it helps us reframe who we are

1:39.6

as a family and gives us purpose as a family.

1:41.8

We have purpose.

1:42.9

And as we enter into the holidays here coming up with

1:45.1

Thanksgiving and Christmas, we're able to think about what it looks like to open up not, not,

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