In this Jubilee year hospitality is about encounter not entertainment. At the table of our encounter we offer belonging, not simply food. It is the offer of a seat at the table that matters most.
In a world addicted to efficiency and exhausted by division, hospitality is an act of resistance. We need to remember we are human beings, not human doings. To slow down, to see, to share. These are countercultural acts. To welcome those who cannot repay you. To invite someone who believes differently. To set the table even when your life feels messy. To bring out your best plates. To pause and celebrate on a weekday that is not your birthday or an anniversary.
To practice Jubilee hospitality is to live as if we truly believe that every human being bears the image of God — even those we are tempted to ignore. It means that the refugee is not a problem to be solved but a guest to be honoured. That the lonely elder is not a statistic but a bearer of wisdom. That the enemy is not outside the bounds of grace.
In the Jubilee, walls fall and doors open. Not just the ones made of bricks, but the ones we build inside ourselves. Hospitality is how we hold space until justice catches up.
The Female Theologian 