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Mechthild of Magdeburg, a thirteenth-century mystic, once asked, “How shall we live?” Her answer provides a mantra of hospitality: “Be welcoming to all.”

What does it mean to a Unitarian Universalist to be called to hospitality? And what or who is calling us?

It was a sunny spring day, and I was getting into my car in a sprawling parking lot when the phone rang.

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.

It is hard to invite in all that comes, especially when it’s sickness, disability, or death.

One of my favorite books as a kid was The Boxcar Children, in which four siblings, whose parents were simply and completely absent, took care of themselves and each other.

Would you like to represent the CLF at General Assembly (GA)? The CLF is entitled to 22 delegates at the UUA’s General Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, June 22-26, 2016.

Did you know that you can find resources for UU families on the CLF Family Quest page.

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy.