Face to Face: Meditations on Friendship and Hospitality

Many of us Grew up in odd families with unfavorable environments, and consequently, we don't understand the basics of friendship and hospitality. Many people today, even Christians, try to deny the importance of these virtues, sinking deeper into their selfishness, only to complain of greater loneliness.

The heart of Christian reality is a society—a Trinity—of persons living with and for one another. God created us to live in bonds of society and friendship, not as lone rangers. The Christia...