Sharefully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.

This is Max Locato.

The Greek word for hospitality compounds two terms, love and stranger. The word literally means to love a

stranger. All of us can welcome a guest we know in love, but can we welcome a stranger?

Every morning in America, more than 39 million people wake up in poverty.

And when we provide food stamps, we stave off hunger.

But when we invite the hungry to our tables, we address the deeper issues of value and

self-worth.

God's secret weapons on the war on poverty include your kitchen table and mine.

We encounter people. We detect an urge to open our doors to them.

In these moments, let's heed the inner voice. We never know whom

we may be hosting for dinner.