The church likes to talk about how it is a place of hospitality and welcome. We like to use the phrase “radical hospitality.” And while there is goodness rooted in that, to me, it falls short. What do we do when people join us and feel welcomed, but don’t feel like they really belong?
A sense of welcome is a great place for churches to start. Welcome invites folks who enter spaces of worship to participate in the life and work of the...