Hospitality in the Little Years | Ep. 55

Risen Motherhood

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Letting others into the imperfect mess of daily life is challenging in the easiest seasons, and holds particular stresses with little ones around. But should obstacles like disorganized toy rooms, meal planning, noise, and messes be a major deterrent to welcoming others in the name of Christ? In this episode, Emily and Laura discuss the biblical call to hospitality, and consider its importance, even in the season of young children. Because God welcomed us into his family when we were strangers at great personal cost to himself, we can extend that same welcome to others, even when it's not convenient.

Articles & Other Resources:

RM Ep. 43 || Serving Others Right Where You're At
Why Hospitality Beats Entertaining - Jen Wilkin
How to Practice Biblical Hospitality - Pat Ennis
Gospel-Motivated Hospitality - (video) round table discussion w/Gloria Furman, Kathleen Neilson, Rosaria Butterfield
Open Roof Hospitality - Melissa Krueger
You Can Be Hospitable, Even with Little - Trillia Newbell
Host Without Grumbling - Christina Fox
Children and Hospitality - Christina Fox

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0:00.0	Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel
0:09.8	like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel
0:14.9	to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether
0:20.9	you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true,
0:25.9	encouragement and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood podcast. Thanks for joining us.
0:38.0	Well, welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Emily Jensen here with my
0:43.0	sister in law, Laura Whiffler. Hello. And today we are just going to dive right in to talk about
0:52.1	hospitality and children and kind of the whole nine yards, which is sometimes a very overwhelming
0:59.1	topic in Motherhood and something that we want to do as believers. But it's definitely something
1:05.6	that we want to think about and understand and know why it is so important that we apply that
1:12.4	not only for the sake of the gospel, but also as just a really great teaching tool. So we're just
1:18.9	going to just jump right in today, right, Laura? Yes, that's right. We're diving deep. Yeah.
1:22.9	Yeah, I grew up in a house. I think that they practice a lot of hospitality. My mom and dad,
1:28.5	it was definitely full on every weekend. There was somebody coming over for something, a lot of
1:35.9	impromptu meetings. So it's something that my husband had a huge passionary and so I'm really excited
1:40.3	to talk about this today. But it has definitely gotten harder. It used to be so much easier before kids.
1:46.2	And now with kids, I feel like there are so many more factors. So totally. And obviously,
1:53.2	I'm married to Laura's brothers. So he's kind of cut from the same cloth, experience the same
2:00.7	things growing up and just yeah, a ton of hospitality. And I've enjoyed the hospitality of Laura's
2:07.2	parents, my in-laws. But I think it's, you know, that's not always been like a passion area for me
2:13.0	if I were to like look at all the different ways I do ministry in life. Like hospitality is like
2:17.9	definitely it's on the list, but it's not at the top of the list. And so I definitely think with
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