Witness 02: Practice Hospitality (featuring Drew Hyun)
Rule of Life
Practicing the Way
4.8 • 802 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
What if our ordinary homes and tables were brimming with latent potential for gospel encounters? Join John Mark Comer and Shelbi Shutt as they explore the role hospitality plays in our witness, featuring conversations with everyday people in the West, testimonials from real-life practitioners, and an interview with luminary Drew Hyun.
In this episode's luminary interview, John Mark and Drew discuss how hospitality, as a form of witness, relies on us not only sharing the good news but also becoming what Drew calls 'good news people.' Drew is the Founder and Lead Pastor of Hope Church NYC, and the Executive Director of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, an organization that aims to transform church culture through deeply changed pastors and leaders. You can connect with Drew and the ministry of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship @drewhyun on social media and at emotionallyhealthy.org.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Rule of Life podcast from practicing the way. |
| 0:04.9 | In each season, we explore an ancient practice from the way of Jesus and its relevance for the modern era. |
| 0:11.5 | This is Season podcast on Witness. |
| 0:39.5 | Here we are. |
| 0:40.5 | Here we are. |
| 0:41.5 | You know, in the last episode, we defined witness as the practice of intentionally opening |
| 0:46.5 | up our lives to others in love and testifying to the good news of Jesus through our words |
| 0:52.1 | and our way of life and community with the key starting place |
| 0:55.6 | being love. |
| 0:56.7 | And today we're going to be talking about sharing the good news of Jesus through our hospitality. |
| 1:02.6 | And you know, one of the things that was really interesting that we noticed was all throughout |
| 1:08.2 | this season. |
| 1:09.2 | You know, we heard it in Gair's episode last time, |
| 1:11.6 | and we're going to continue to hear it in our expert interviews |
| 1:14.6 | and in our interviews with people on the streets. |
| 1:16.6 | There's this theme of how the secular story is breaking down |
| 1:20.6 | and how there's this resurgence of hunger and openness |
| 1:25.6 | to the gospel, especially amongst the young. So it's just a theme that we've |
| 1:30.4 | picked up on. But as we do this, as we engage the practice of witness in the Western world, |
| 1:35.4 | depending on where you're listening from, you're going to experience that openness to one degree |
| 1:41.6 | or another. It's going to vary across the board. But regardless, there's still |
| 1:46.1 | going to be maybe an edge of hostility that we encounter. And so, John Mark, my question for you |
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