心存谦卑，乐于给予 │Open Hearts, Open Homes (Simplified Chinese Discovery Series Booklet)

乐意接待，与人交流

真诚接待不在于华丽的晚餐，也不在于给人留下美好的印象…⋯而在于你愿意心存谦卑，乐于接纳不同的人。这正是基督为我们所做的事，而我们有幸可以效法祂的榜样。当然，一开始你可能会觉得不自在，然而当你向他人打开家门和心门的时候，你也打开了那道通往意外祝福的大门。现在就开始学习基督徒的真诚接待，在你生活中挂上“欢迎”的标示牌，看看上帝会着你所成就的事。

毕爱敏（Amy Peterson）是位作家，年轻时曾经以英文教师的身份到东南亚执教两年。如今她在美国印第安那州泰勒大学（Taylor University）担任英文第二语文的讲师，也是荣誉课程的助理主任。她和丈夫育有一男一女，身为一名母亲，她可以与孩子们分享上帝的作为，做为一名教师，也给了她关心和引导学生的机会。她深信上帝能藉着每个人不同的角色来完成祂的工作。

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An Invitation to Fellowship!

Hospitality is not about fancy dinners and great impressions...it's about humbling your heart and being open to meeting people where they are.  It's exactly what Jesus did for us, and we have the privilege of following His example.  Yes, it might be uncomfortable at first; but when you open the door to your home and heart to others, you open the door to unexpected blessings.  Hang the "welcome sign" of Christian hospitality on the door of your life and see what God can do through you.

Amy Peterson is a writer, teacher, and member of the clergy in the Episcopal Church.  She is the author of Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy and Dangerous Territory:  My Misguided Quest to Save the World.   Her work has appeared in Image, The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Christian Century, The Millions, River Teeth, St. Katherine Review, Relief, and elsewhere.