Category: Hospitality
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Anything But a Happy Place
I am shocked that the events of the past days have cast a shadow on my recent post on hospitality, where I urged churches to step up their efforts to become places of welcome. My post spoke about the Disney slogan of being “the happiest place on earth,” and that truly our parishes where one…
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Where is the Happiest Place on Earth?
My heart aches for the parents of a little boy who recently lost his life while vacationing on a Disney property. This post was written before news of this event broke. Please read my post from the following day as well HERE. Have you ever been to Disneyland or Disney World? Disney is quite an…
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Mama Irene
My wife is always posting on social media about children who have been adopted or children who are seeking to be adopted. My wife was adopted. This fuels her desire for every child to have a family to call their own. We have friends that have welcomed new members into their family by adoption. It’s…
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Loving Presence
In my experience, the most common phrase used to express sympathy to someone who has lost a loved one is – “I’m sorry for your loss.” It’s a very nice sentiment and I believe everyone who uses it means it. But with any oft-used expression, its overuse can minimize the impact. We use phrases like…
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Don’t Throw Stones; Build Something Instead
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for Seventh Sunday of Easter 2016 I am currently dealing with my third and youngest child going through middle school. I am convinced that the middle school years are a time of real purgatory on earth. It is also a time that tests your faith in humanity, because you wonder at…
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A Time for Friends
Holy Week is about more than a reflection of events that occurred so very long ago. The events of this week are about NOW. It is about being present to the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This week unites our sufferings with His, our death with His, and our life with His. The events…
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We Belong
It is primary day here in NC and I just returned from casting my vote! Some years I am passionate about the person I am voting for and some years I seem to be choosing the lesser of multiple evils. Either way, it is important for me to vote because it connects me with my…
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The Letters
Even in a world that at times seems lost and lacking in love, there are good stewards everywhere that serve as good role models for us all. They demonstrate to us that holiness is not just for those we read about in a Book of Saints. They remind us that we all have the capacity…
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An Everyday Steward is Gracious
For the 5 Sundays of Lent and Passion Sunday, the Everyday Stewardship reflection will look at each of the 6 characteristics of an Everyday Steward, as contained in the book of the same name. Check back each Thursday on the Main Thing Blog for that Sunday’s reflection. 4th Sunday of Lent – 2016 I read an article…
Tracy Earl Welliver 