Hospitality for the Coming Age

I made egg casserole for this morning’s “chew and chat” (fellowship time). It’s a great recipe for making the night before, sticking in the fridge, and baking right before breakfast.
9×13 inch pan, greased, oven to 350.

4-5 slices of bread (I used store-bought whole wheat), arranged on bottom of pan
2 cups of grated cheddar cheese, sprinkled [...]

One simple way for to raise your guests’ anxiety is to give them no place to put their coats! We have a goal in our house of having at least two hooks on our coat rack (the two closest to the door) clear all the time so that guests can easily hang their coats.
Our next [...]

One project of my ministry formation is coordinating a fellowship time on Sunday mornings. This gives us a chance to spend casual time together before worship, since our post-church visiting can be rushed as folks head home for lunch or rush off to soccer games. One church member even remarked that once worship begins, we [...]

3 December 2008
Tonight we gathered in Orchard Room at Earlham College for the toughest 100 mile radius potluck yet!
We ate very well, with turkey, newspaper-ripened tomatoes, homemade pasta, Japanese omelets, squash bread, chai and so much more!
I brought butternut squash-bean soup, with several alterations. I used anasazi beans instead of black beans, since I grew [...]

The Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren is truly sharing in the midst of scarcity! Especially in a city, land for graveyards is hard to come by (and even if it’s available, it may not be appropriately used as such). So the Highland Avenue CoB is sharing a beautiful garden for the classiest communal grave!
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27 November
On the day after Thanksgiving, when millions of people go shopping, Storycorps suggested a National Day of Listening. Read more about the conversation on Chris’ blog – read more here about the food!
Many of the 17 of us who gathered had eaten Thanksgiving dinner the day before, and several people brought delicious leftovers. Here [...]