Here are some books I’m using for tomorrow’s message. Once we’re all done, I’ll make sure the final resource sheet includes everything for you to hold onto.
First is Lauren Winner’s Mudhouse Sabbath, Paraclete Press. Very readable, chapters are arranged by various Jewish practices. Winner converted from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity and makes some really lovely, thoughtful connections between the two. How might the essence of Judaism inform Christian practice? Good stuff.
Second, a bit more academic, is Elizabeth Newman’s Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers, Brazos Press. What does hospitality really mean for Christians? What does it look like? How do we live it out? What things and old ways do we need to unlearn?
Scripture for tomorrow is primarily Matthew 22.34-40 with looks at Deuteronomy 6.5 and Leviticus 19.8.
