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Good Guestwork: Christians and Muslims as Guests and Hosts
Jesus walks the edges. Wherever centers form, the calling of Jesus becomes find me at the margins. For Christians and Muslims caught up in the struggle for control - political power, cultural superiority, numbers - this book is an invitation to a better path.
And the key is become guests of one another. Good guestwork teaches us to be better peacemakers. It frees us from the traps of violence, rigid identities, and competition. It delivers us from false and half gospels. It gives us fresh courage and creativity to witness to our faith. Good guestwork also makes us into better hosts. We come to the Scriptures with new eyes, and find both our neighbors and ourselves on its pages.
Most important of all, becoming strangers allows us to witness genuine relationships between Muslims and Christians transformed from hostility to love. The author draws from personal experiences of pain and joy as a guest in Somaliland, Zanzibar, Chad, Iran, and more. Peacemakers in Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Indonesia give insight into the power of good guestwork.
Ideologies of separation and security are captivating religious communities. Finding Jesus at the edges is not just an optional path for his followers - it is the only way. The opportunities are waiting for us - to leave the comfort of the center and find Jesus as the guest of the religious other. Good guestwork is a liberation that is sorely a missiology of peacemaking, of evangelism, of welcoming and becoming strangers.
And the key is become guests of one another. Good guestwork teaches us to be better peacemakers. It frees us from the traps of violence, rigid identities, and competition. It delivers us from false and half gospels. It gives us fresh courage and creativity to witness to our faith. Good guestwork also makes us into better hosts. We come to the Scriptures with new eyes, and find both our neighbors and ourselves on its pages.
Most important of all, becoming strangers allows us to witness genuine relationships between Muslims and Christians transformed from hostility to love. The author draws from personal experiences of pain and joy as a guest in Somaliland, Zanzibar, Chad, Iran, and more. Peacemakers in Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Indonesia give insight into the power of good guestwork.
Ideologies of separation and security are captivating religious communities. Finding Jesus at the edges is not just an optional path for his followers - it is the only way. The opportunities are waiting for us - to leave the comfort of the center and find Jesus as the guest of the religious other. Good guestwork is a liberation that is sorely a missiology of peacemaking, of evangelism, of welcoming and becoming strangers.
220 pages, Paperback
Published September 25, 2025
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October 13, 2025
Good Guestwork: Christians and Muslims as Guests and Hosts
Profound, disturbing and challenging to my understanding of faith!
The author, Peter Sensenig and his wife are a missionaries with the Mennonite Church, currently in France, but having served in Africa for several years in majority Muslim countries. This has given him an unusual ability to see Jesus in Muslims as the way he is directed to do peace work in the world. He does that through a concept he calls good guest work. It is fascinating, disturbing and challenging to my faith-just the kind of book I like to read.
Profound, disturbing and challenging to my understanding of faith!
The author, Peter Sensenig and his wife are a missionaries with the Mennonite Church, currently in France, but having served in Africa for several years in majority Muslim countries. This has given him an unusual ability to see Jesus in Muslims as the way he is directed to do peace work in the world. He does that through a concept he calls good guest work. It is fascinating, disturbing and challenging to my faith-just the kind of book I like to read.
January 27, 2026
Peter Sensenig’s Good Guestwork is more than a personal story. It is an invitation to take a fresh look at our attitudes and assumptions about persons of other faiths. His deep experience of being a Christian living among Muslims lends credibility to his writing. Learning to be good guests as well as good hosts opens new doors on the journey to peace. This book is a guide to anyone seeking to live peacefully among their neighbors.
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