Okay, I get it. There's darkness all around and that is really scary, but there's light in our homes.

I think it is important for Christians to remember that what was always the hallmark of the Christian church, back when it started with, what, 12?

The hallmark was not, you know, the worship music and the, you know, how big your small groups are.

You know, the hallmark was hospitality.

The hallmark was Christians risking their lives to share their lives.

So that's just not different.

Welcome to the Crossplay podcast, a show where we sit down with authors each week for thoughtful interviews about the Bible, theology, church history, and the Christian life.

I'm Matt Tully, and today I'm talking with Rosaria Butterfield.

Rosaria is a mother, a pastor's wife, and the author of multiple best-selling books, including

The Gospel Comes with a House Key, practicing radically ordinary hospitality in our post-Christian

world. Today, Rosaria and I discuss what it looks like to embrace the Christian call to radical

hospitality, even during a pandemic.

She shares about how her family has sought to continue reaching out to those around them

with the love of Christ, reflects on our tendency to spend more time reading the news than

reading our Bibles, and calls on Christians to fight against the fear that threatens

to destroy our witness.

Let's get started.

Rosaria, thank you so much for joining me again on the Crossway podcast.

Oh, Matt, it is my sincere pleasure. Thank you for inviting me.

Yeah, we last had you on the show. I believe it was back in May of 2019,

which really feels like a lifetime ago. Oh, yes. Oh, I agree. It's been, it's kind of a truism

to say that 2020 was interesting and in many ways very challenging for all of us.

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