by markfeldmeir | Jul 17, 2012 | Hospitality
The first television show I ever watched as a child was Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Every weekday, Mr. Rogers invited me into his home. He sang to me. He talked to me about important matters, like divorce, and going to the doctor, and how I shouldn’t be afraid of...
by markfeldmeir | Jun 28, 2012 | Faith, Grace, Hospitality, Jesus, Reconciliation
Some of the best books we read are those which, having already been read by us or by someone else, contain a few scribbled notes or words or comments in the margins of the pages. You pull those books off the bookshelf, fan through the pages, and eavesdrop on a...
by markfeldmeir | Jun 12, 2012 | Hospitality, Uncategorized
I read recently that Alex Haley, the late author of Roots, learned the whole saga – the story that would later become a Pulitzer-Prize winning book – while sitting on his grandparent’s front porch. As a child growing up in Henning, Tennessee, in the 1920s, Haley...
by markfeldmeir | Jun 7, 2012 | Faith, Hospitality, Jesus, Obedience
According to the Gospel of Mark, when Jesus came home for the first time after visiting John the Baptist in the wilderness, his family and friends thought he had lost his mind. “He’s gone crazy,” they said of Jesus. In the Greek, the word is existemi, which means...
by markfeldmeir | May 9, 2012 | Hospitality
On most Monday afternoons, my eight-year old, Matthew, and I will sneak out through the front door and wave down the ice cream man. Matthew has already worked out a once-a-week ice cream arrangement with his mother on Fridays, but Monday is my day off, and Matthew...
by markfeldmeir | May 7, 2012 | Hospitality, Obedience
I read recently that there are 46 million people who own gym memberships in the United States, yet less than 20% of them actually go to the gym. They buy the shoes, the spandex shorts and sweat pants, the work out towel and water bottle. They carry their gym card...
