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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Gift of Guests: Lessons in Hospitality, Faith, and Becoming Human TogetherWhat happens when you show up to help someone - and leave realizing they were the one with something to teach you?Over a decade of walking alongside refugees and immigrants, Joel Vestal expected to be the one offering. What he found instead was a series of encounters that quietly dismantled his assumptions and reshaped his understanding of forgiveness, dignity, faith, and what it means to truly see another person.The Gift of Guests is narrative nonfiction rooted in real relationships and real moments - a man who chose forgiveness hours after being attacked and robbed, a family wondering with genuine curiosity if McDonald's was as nice as they had heard, a woman who sewed hope into fabric when words weren't enough, children who led when adults had run out of answers. Chapter by chapter, the assumed roles reverse. The helper becomes the student. The guest becomes the one offering the gift.This is not a policy book. It does not debate immigration law or argue positions. It lives at the level of the human and the particular - asking what changes in us when we slow down long enough to actually see the people around us. Drawing on the ancient concept of philoxenia - love of the stranger - Vestal makes the case that hospitality is not a program or a project. It is a posture. A way of seeing that transforms both host and guest.For people of faith, for anyone who senses that something essential has been lost in how we live together, and for readers who believe human beings are capable of more than fear - The Gift of Guests is an invitation to become more human together. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Gift of Guests: Lessons in Hospitality, Faith, and Becoming Human TogetherWhat happens when you show up to help someone - and leave realizing they were the one with something to teach you?Over a decade of walking alongside refugees and immigrants, Joel Vestal expected to be the one offering. What he found instead was a series of encounters that quietly dismantled his assumptions and reshaped his understanding of forgiveness, dignity, faith, and what it means to truly see another person.The Gift of Guests is narrative nonfiction rooted in real relationships and real moments - a man who chose forgiveness hours after being attacked and robbed, a family wondering with genuine curiosity if McDonald's was as nice as they had heard, a woman who sewed hope into fabric when words weren't enough, children who led when adults had run out of answers. Chapter by chapter, the assumed roles reverse. The helper becomes the student. The guest becomes the one offering the gift.This is not a policy book. It does not debate immigration law or argue positions. It lives at the level of the human and the particular - asking what changes in us when we slow down long enough to actually see the people around us. Drawing on the ancient concept of philoxenia - love of the stranger - Vestal makes the case that hospitality is not a program or a project. It is a posture. A way of seeing that transforms both host and guest.For people of faith, for anyone who senses that something essential has been lost in how we live together, and for readers who believe human beings are capable of more than fear - The Gift of Guests is an invitation to become more human together. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Gift of Guests: Lessons in Hospitality, Faith, and Becoming Human TogetherWhat happens when you show up to help someone - and leave realizing they were the one with something to teach you?Over a decade of walking alongside refugees and immigrants, Joel Vestal expected to be the one offering. What he found instead was a series of encounters that quietly dismantled his assumptions and reshaped his understanding of forgiveness, dignity, faith, and what it means to truly see another person.The Gift of Guests is narrative nonfiction rooted in real relationships and real moments - a man who chose forgiveness hours after being attacked and robbed, a family wondering with genuine curiosity if McDonald's was as nice as they had heard, a woman who sewed hope into fabric when words weren't enough, children who led when adults had run out of answers. Chapter by chapter, the assumed roles reverse. The helper becomes the student. The guest becomes the one offering the gift.This is not a policy book. It does not debate immigration law or argue positions. It lives at the level of the human and the particular - asking what changes in us when we slow down long enough to actually see the people around us. Drawing on the ancient concept of philoxenia - love of the stranger - Vestal makes the case that hospitality is not a program or a project. It is a posture. A way of seeing that transforms both host and guest.For people of faith, for anyone who senses that something essential has been lost in how we live together, and for readers who believe human beings are capable of more than fear - The Gift of Guests is an invitation to become more human together. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Gift of Guests: Lessons in Hospitality, Faith, and Becoming Human TogetherWhat happens when you show up to help someone - and leave realizing they were the one with something to teach you Over a decade of walking alongside refugees and immigrants, Joel Vestal expected to be the one offering. What he found instead was a series of encounters that quietly dismantled his assumptions and reshaped his understanding of forgiveness, dignity, faith, and what it means to truly see another person.The Gift of Guests is narrative nonfiction rooted in real relationships and real moments - a man who chose forgiveness hours after being attacked and robbed, a family wondering with genuine curiosity if McDonald's was as nice as they had heard, a woman who sewed hope into fabric when words weren't enough, children who led when adults had run out of answers. Chapter by chapter, the assumed roles reverse. The helper becomes the student. The guest becomes the one offering the gift.This is not a policy book. It does not debate immigration law or argue positions. It lives at the level of the human and the particular - asking what changes in us when we slow down long enough to actually see the people around us. Drawing on the ancient concept of philoxenia - love of the stranger - Vestal makes the case that hospitality is not a program or a project. It is a posture. A way of seeing that transforms both host and guest.For people of faith, for anyone who senses that something essential has been lost in how we live together, and for readers who believe human beings are capable of more than fear - The Gift of Guests is an invitation to become more human together.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Gift of Guests | Joel Vestal | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Zaydaya Press | EAN 9798996142736 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.