Yesterday the Gospel text was that well known passage from Matthew 25 about the sheep and the goats and the Lord saying to the sheep (among other things)” I was a stranger and you took me in.”
My mind jumped back to a book I had read in high school about a British paratrooper who parachuted in Holland in 1944 and was hidden by the Dutch Resistance for four months until he was able to return to England. He was only one of many fugitives who were hidden by brave men and women, one can also think of Corrie
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by Carolyn Haywood
by Carolyn Haywood
Wise and important teaching here, especially this: “In a discussion last week my mother told a story that illustrated how important it is not only to welcome people by feeding them or assisting with other physical needs but also by bringing them into our lives. We need to include people (even strangers) in the activities we participate in and in our discussion of them and even in our emotional reactions.” Thank you for sharing that observation (and thank your mother, too!).
Thanks, Michelle and I’ll pas that along to my mother too…K