Hospitality for the Holiday Season by Kendall Vanderslice

Hospitality during the holiday season is fraught. In fact, it's a time when our loneliness can be most prescient. Between family drama, busy schedules, complicated dietary restrictions, and more, sometimes it's easier to want to just rush ahead to January. But both Thanksgiving and Christmas are centered on hospitality—even hospitality in the face of some major inconveniences (like welcoming a baby in a stable!). Whether you love to host or desire to host more, Kendall Vanderslice offers thoughtful insights (and kitchen tips!) to help you view this season and the most stressful parts of hospitality as invitations into deeper relationship with God and with others. Kendall is a baker, writer, and public theologian. She is the founder of Edible Theology. You can find more from her at https://www.edibletheology.com/.