Hospitality Carnival

When I started in Durham, I took to reading plenty of academic blogs written by professors so I could pick up their habitus in a whim (it sort of worked, too!). One thing I really enjoyed in the academic blogosphere was the habit of hosting a "teaching carnival" once a month.

A "blog carnival" is a longuish post which links to the best posts written on one topic in that month. For one it is a great resource in and of itself, but it also introduces readers to exiting new blogs. The person who posts the carnival assumes responsibility for the final post, but people are welcome to suggest links to them in advance.

So I've been thinking that it's high time that the radical Christians out there start having some carnivals too. And, in that spirit, I would like to welcome you to the web's first hospitality carnival (inaugurated ten seconds ago). For now, it's only got a few entries but I'll keep filling it in, and post a short update when it gets better.

As a starting point, here are some links:

Kate at Born to Kneel:http://borntokneel.blogspot.com/2007/03/banquet.html
Scot at Jesus Creed: http://www.jesuscreed.org/?p=2510
Tyler at The Space Between My Ears: http://spacebetween.blogsome.com/2007/06/20/theological-reflections-on-home-ownership-6/
Steve at Harvest Boston: http://harvestboston.net/20070623/exiles-at-the-table/
Jen at The Pile I'm Standing In http://www.thispile.com/archives/traveling-hospitality
John at The Bikehiker http://bikehiker.blogspot.com/2007/05/journey-into-hospitality-part-3-of-3-it.html
Joe Bob at The Wittenburg Door: http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/archives/homeless2.html
Ben at Conversations of a 22 Year Old Idealist: http://benrey.blogspot.com/2007/05/sacrament-of-hospitality.html
Russell at Withdrawals of a Theology Junky: http://russwarren.blogspot.com/2007/01/hospitality-and-cafe.html
Espiritu Paz at Parables: http://modern-parables.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-i-got-tangled-up-in-loving.html
Dan at Poserorprophet: http://poserorprophet.livejournal.com/108749.html
David at Naked Pastor: http://nakedpastor.com/archives/1250 and also http://nakedpastor.com/archives/669
Paul at Showers of Blessings http://showerofblessings.blogspot.com/2007/03/offering-hospitality-to-active-life-of.html
Phil at The Canaanite's Call: http://canaanitescall.blogspot.com/2006/12/holy-eucharist-catholic-worker-style.html
The table fellowship groups at St Timothy's Episcopal Church: http://sttimothyschurch.org/101/table-fellowship-groups-2/