I'm teaching at our Women's Ministry evening tonight, thus the lack of any serious blogging lately. Any energy for higher-order cognition has gone into studying. This is my favorite quote from my reading:

Secular entertaining is a terrible bondage. Its source is human
pride. Demanding perfection, fostering the urge to impress, it is a
rigorous taskmaster which enslaves. In contrast, Scriptural hospitality is
a freedom which liberates.

Entertaining says, “I want to impress you with my beautiful home, my
clever decorating, my gourmet cooking.” Hospitality, however, seeks to
minister. It says, “This home is not mine. It is truly a gift from my
Master. I am His servant and I use it as He desires.” Hospitality does not
try to impress, but to serve.
Karen B. Mains, Open Heart, Open Home.