Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast! 

In today’s episode, Somer is joined with Jo Swinney. 

Jo Swinney is a prolific writer, speaker and editor. She’s written a few books and has contributed to LICC Connecting with Culture. She has also written for Stewardship, Bible Society, Scripture Union, and BRF. Jo was the Director of Church Communications at CPO, a charity existing to help churches and other charities with their communication. Currently, she is the Director of Communications for A Rocha International. 

Jo has a recent book titled “A Place at the Table: Faith, Hope and Hospitality” which is  about encouraging one another to foster communities and how universally human it is to share food and share life. 

In this episode, Somer and Jo Swinney talk about the upcoming Holiday season--this is typically the time we gather together for dinner and hospitality. Jo reminds us that our lives, not just the holidays, should reflect Jesus' hospitality. It doesn't need to be big, extravagent dinners with immaculate houses. It should be doing life together, simple and practical. 

Thank you for being here today. Now, let's dive into the conversation! 

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FAVORITE TAKE-AWAYS:

“Sharing food is at the heart of a shared life” 

Community is reflective of God’s character.

You can build hospitality into your regular rhythms of life.

Hospitality doesn’t have to be as disruptive or complicated as we think.

People feel safer when you welcome them into your comfortable spaces.

Hospitality is bringing people into a family like situation.

It’s okay to create space for yourself and your family; healthy boundaries.

Hospitality has to be about the other person and not ourselves.

Questions are powerful - people love talking about themselves if you are willing to listen.

People around us are lonelier than they look.

We are walking past broken people every day.

The Christian life happens when we are not looking. The Holy Spirit is working in and through us as we are looking outward, serving other people and worshiping Him. 

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