23rd September 2012.

Jane spoke to the story of Martha and Mary in Luke 10:38-42 and with reference to Acts 4:13 around linking hospitality to listening and deepening Christian spirituality. Being hospitable is not simply the practical elements of serving but in choosing to stop and listen. That the anxiety of service and constant working can be a form of enslavement, avoidance and escape which means we miss out and do not take the freedom that is offered to us. Companionship and service is listening and spending time with Jesus. Although each of us may be different as to how much of our day we can control each of us can find strategies to create the space even in what we are doing to be close enough to be transformed and touched by spending deliberate time in the presence of Christ.

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