A Call for Practicing Hospitality Based on Lament in Preaching For a Wounded Community
Abstract
Covid-19 has caused countless losses and has resulted in the global community having to face threats of hatred, distancing, and intersectional injustice. In this struggle, the wounds, from disproportionate job loss to racially-based violence, have not been equal for everyone. The experiences of Covid-19 have left scars on communities and now the challenge for faith communities and preachers is how to rebuild communities into settings where we all can live well together with our shared experiences of woundedness. This study argues that our commitment needs not only to rebuild social, political, and economic systems, but also to consider how to deal with accumulated wounds within communities. In this sense, hospitality plays an essential role in the vision of community reconstruction. Concurrently, lament works as a force that can initiate and maintain hospitality. Finally, we consider how the practice of lament-based hospitality can be practiced in sermons.
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