About the Author:
Wilma Espaillat English grew up in a bilingual, bicultural family in New York and New Jersey, learning firsthand the significance of hospitality in the Hispanic culture. Today she is a writer, speaker and educator. She has taught a variety of subjects including Business English, Public Speaking, Spanish, and Ancient World History, at both the college and high school levels. She has written high school curriculum for classes in Multicultural Studies, and conducted seminars for civic groups, including law enforcement agencies. She also has taught Bible and Christian Life topics to adults ranging in age from 18 to 80. She is the wife of Tom English. ***** Tom English grew up in a “Southern fried” family in rural Virginia. Today he is a Senior Chemist at Newport News Shipbuilding. He is also a writer and an award-nominated editor of both fiction and non-fiction. His fantasy-adventure fiction has appeared in Weirdbook and other magazines, as well as the print anthologies Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny tales of Sherlock Holmes and Challenger Unbound. Tom also edited the mammoth Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad, a 2008 Shirley Jackson Award finalist for best anthology. Like his wife, Wilma, he has extensive knowledge in Biblical Studies and has taught many Christian Life classes to singles and “young” married couples ages 18 to 80. He resides with Wilma, surrounded by books and beasts, deep in the woods of New Kent, Virginia. ***** Tom and Wilma invite you to join them each weekday for humorous and inspiring new articles at their internet home, www.AngelAtTheDoor.com
Review:
[Tom and Wilma English], husband and wife, ask readers to redefine hospitality by considering it from a biblical sense in this impassioned book. In modern parlance, hospitality implies entertaining perfectly and putting on a show.... But, for them, this is misguided; they see expressing love in a practical way and developing relationships as the true nature of hospitality. By creating an environment in which God can work and reaching out when others are in need (instead of waiting for the perfect set of circumstances), they believe that one can rediscover the heart of hospitality. There are many stories from the Bible (as well as some from Martha Stewart and Wilma's mother), and the [book] is filled with biblical imperatives ("Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or place to stay") and stories of how hospitality helped people find grace (Abraham greeting the three angels at his home is used as an origin tale). Bringing together all the Bible has to say about being hospitable, the Englishes' forceful book will appeal to Christians interested in deeply scriptural reading. (Publishers Weekly)
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