I was recently confronted anew by this question while reading the provocative parables of Peter Rollins in his book The Orthodox Heretic. In the book, Rollins gives us a parable of hospitality entitled “Salvation for a Demon.”8 The parable dramatically confronts us with the question of extending hospitality to monsters. It begins with a “kindly old priest” famous for his hospitality: “The priest welcomed all who came to his door and gave completely without prejudice or restraint. Each stranger was, to the priest, a neighbor in need and thus an incoming of Christ.” All well and good until a
...more
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
