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Everyone has influence, which is the basis of leadership. BOW's bi-weekly episodes are purposed to prepare and empower Christian women for leadership and life. They feature our ministry team and women guests who share from their professional ministry experience. Whatever your calling - influencing your neighbors, coworkers, family, friends, leading small groups - this podcast is for you. For additional resources or to watch videos of these podcasts, please visit beyondordinarywomen.org.
Laura Murray joins Kay Daigle to discuss her book Becoming a Person of Welcome: The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality. She increases our understanding of what hospitality is, suggesting that it is more about relationships than spaces. Perhaps you've never felt comfortable with hosting others in your home. You may not have a space that's conducive to what you've considered hospitality. Laura's wise counsel and suggestions based on her own experiences will open your mind to new ways to practice Christian hospitality.
Recommended resources
laurabmurray.com provides a list
Laura's digital silent retreats
For the church: Becoming Communities of Belonging
BOW's resources for You, As a Leader
BOW's resources for Godly Living
This episode is available on video as well.
Timestamps:
00:21 Introductions
02:37 Why did you write about hospitality?
06:35 How do our thoughts of hospitality differ from the Scriptures?
10:10 Biblical hospitality takes the pressure off.
14:07 Is scriptural hospitality for everyone or only those with the gift of hospitality?
16:17 A word to those in ministry leadership
21:18 Spiritual practices for leaders
25:54 The book is a guidebook for spiritual practices & encouragement to persevere.
32:07 Spiritual practices in community & Laura's silent retreats
37:29 Recommended resources
TranscriptKay >> Welcome to the Beyond Ordinary Women Podcast. I'm Kay Daigle. I'm your host today. And today we are talking with our guest, Laura Murray. Welcome, Laura.
Laura >> Thanks for having me.
Kay >> Oh, we're so excited that you're here. Laura is a pastor. She is an author. She's a spiritual director. She is the Director of Spiritual Engagement and Innovation at Fuller Seminary's Center for Spiritual Formation. That's kind of a long title.
Laura >> It is long.
Kay >> She is a retreat creator. And we'll mention that at the end as well, that she just has been doing many things. She has a lot of experience in the church and as a spiritual director. And so we're just delighted that you were able to be with us.
You can find out more about Laura on our website. If you just go to the top menu and go to About Us and look at the Video/Podcast Contributors, and we will have more information about Laura and how you can get in touch with her.
So we are talking today from your book Becoming a Person of Welcome: The Spiritual Practice of Hospitality. And I have to say that I was just really interested in that title when I saw it online somewhere that your book was going to be coming out and the spiritual practice of hospitality just really intrigued me as I read about that.
And so tell us a little bit about it. We're not talking about just hospitality where are you having people over to your house,
Laura >> Right.
Kay >> This encompasses way beyond that, and I'm sure you picked that up as we go through. We're not going to tell you how to set your table. We're not going to tell you how to manage your menu or anything like that. We're going to talk about spiritual hospitality.
So, Laura, just tell us where this idea of writing about hospitality begin.
Laura >> Yeah, thanks for that question. And I was talking to somebody about this the other day, said, why did you decide to write on hospitality? And I thought, I think it found me. I didn't go searching for it. It found me. I was in the middle of my doctoral studies and the pandemic hit and shelter in place hit.
And I didn't necessarily have a context for my studies. When you're doing a doctoral study, you have to have a context. And I had just stepped away from a role of pastoral ministry in a church and I found ...
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