Easy Ways to Share the Gift of Hospitality
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This thin hard-backed volume has a beautiful embossed cover, contains lots of lovely pictures, and is easy to read through in one sitting. But it is more than just a nice-looking book.
Inside its pages are suggestions for hosting guests in your home, no matter if you are young, old, single or married. There are ideas to have a gathering even if you don’t have much material wealth or many possessions. A list of possible conversation starters is included in case conversation lags. The author has added a few recipes along with ideas of how to entertain in formal or informal ways. The recommendations given can be adapted to a gathering of your own, or it can be a good jumping off point to tailor a shindig to your taste.
Open Door Living emphasizes that no matter what, welcoming someone into your home is a rewarding 
experience. Friendships can be started or strengthened by having people in, memories can be made that will warm your heart for years. The old adage that it is better to give than receive will be experienced by the adventure you will get by inviting others into your home.
Lots of encouraging sayings pepper the pages of this volume, as well as, some real-life examples of hosting that have taken place. Follow this book’s advice, and socialize with others. Our Lord, in the book of Hebrews, doesn’t tell us to meet together just to make extra work for us. We are instructed to do so because we will be blessed by it. We will have a richer, fuller life when we reach out to others.
Have a get together, host it in your home—don’t find reasons not to do it. This little volume will give ideas to get you started entertaining, and avoid getting side tracked by making it unnecessarily hard. I recommend this 5-star book to anyone wanting to add fun to their life.
B & H Publishing has provided bookreadingtic with a complimentary copy of Open-Door Living, for the purpose of review. I have not been compensated in any other manner. All opinions expressed are my own, and I was not required, or influenced, to give anything but an honest appraisal. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
About the Author: For the last decade, Jen Schmidt has been encouraging, challenging, and cheering on women to embrace both the beauty and bedlam of their everyday lives on her popular lifestyle blog, Balancing Beauty and Bedlam. With a variety of topics—from easy dinner ideas and personal finance to leaving a legacy—Jen equips others to live life to its fullest, reminding them it’s the little things that really are the big things in life. A popular speaker, worship leader and founder/host of the annual Becoming Conference, Jen shares with humor and authenticity as she invites others to join her on this bumpy, beautiful life journey. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, five children, a few too many animals, and an available sofa for anyone who needs it.
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