tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post5777446368397701209..comments2023-09-08T02:39:21.112-07:00Comments on Jessica Snell's blog: Book 7 of 15: Open Heart - Open Home by Karen Burton MainsJessica Snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17185831697537364088noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-34018670555487601242010-04-24T07:20:16.252-07:002010-04-24T07:20:16.252-07:00I love the phrase "radical hospitality"....I love the phrase "radical hospitality". And it does sound like a book that non-observant spiritual people could like too, since it sounds more encouraging and less prescriptive--the comments make it sound like people fear it's a Christian Martha Stewart, and instead is more about communing and less about housekeeping.Girl Detectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16348689834879722062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-40637333883970438952010-04-23T18:06:30.004-07:002010-04-23T18:06:30.004-07:00My mother-in-law has known Karen Mains and her hus...My mother-in-law has known Karen Mains and her husband for years, and she gave me this book a long time ago. I finally got around to reading it a couple of years ago and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't a book dictating how to order your life and home so that you are always ready to host guests in a clean, orderly home with homemade tea cakes served on silver platters. (Can you tell I don't like those sorts of Christian books?) <br /><br />I found it refreshing that she was just encouraging hospitality that lets people into your life, even if it involves throwing a pile of laundry off of the couch to find them a place to sit.<br /><br />Her book on the Sabbath is also good. I think it's called "Making Sunday Special."TwoSquareMealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000292109449832461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-22926647036101167592010-04-23T16:46:18.844-07:002010-04-23T16:46:18.844-07:00Yes, on both counts!Yes, on both counts!Jessica Snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17185831697537364088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6210913620206544383.post-39900731185727826872010-04-23T16:44:43.127-07:002010-04-23T16:44:43.127-07:00Can I borrow this one, too? :)Can I borrow this one, too? :)Emily (Laundry and Lullabies)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16367630628716619991noreply@blogger.com