In Sunday’s Lectionary, the writer of John’s gospel says about Jesus… “He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.” The human world can be an unwelcoming place. Many people are experiencing that hostility right now.

Some are only a hair’s breadth away. It is mild outside, but when you run out of money for the meter, outside temperatures are still too cold for indoors. The cold, cruel world seeps slowly into your home.

It’s often hard to be welcoming – but I believe it’s an essential part of our faith. Who knows? We may be entertaining Christ.