Extraordinary Hospitality for Ordinary Christians: A Radical Approach to Preparing Your Heart & Home for Gospel-Centered Community

”At the end of the day, it's really about our hearts.” Are you reluctant to have guests in your home? Maybe you feel inadequate, or consider your house a mess. Or perhaps, you think you don't have the time or money. Well, Victoria dispels all those doubts in her latest book, guiding the reader with insight, encouragement, and simple tips and tricks to make you confident and your home ready for visitors. You will be blessed and realise its easier than you think. And best of all, you will be God’s heart and hands to every person who enters your home — and that's what Biblical hospitality is all about!

Are you looking for a special gift for that special gal on your Christmas list? Moms, daughters, daughters-in-law, aunts, and sisters will LOVE this book! You’ll want to buy this in batches to share with them all! Extraordinary Hospitality for Ordinary Christians is bursting with recipes, decorating and decluttering tips, and more! And it all centers our heart on Christ and helps us reflect Him in our home as we extend hospitality to others. I just love looking at the pictures! This is a beautiful, inspiring book. Victoria Duerstock has written another winner for godly women!

Have you ever said, “I can’t invite people into my home, not with my life, my food, my people?”“Extraordinary Hospitality for Ordinary People” shows how off-base this thinking is.With wisdom and creativity, this book details doing life together in such a way that brings joy to all and glory to God, not stress and panic. That is radical. This, I want to be a part of. Highly recommend for you, to give as a gift and for your small group.Who knew ordinary Christians could be used in such a powerful way—pizza, rowdy kids and all?

Victoria Duerstock's Extraordinary Hospitality book is a lovely book with a strong message. The book reads like a coffee-table book with beautiful pictures, but is smaller and easier to hold. It is full of helpful tips for decluttering, cleaning, meal planning, and recipes. The message is encouraging: Be yourself and use the gifts God has given you to build relationships with others. It's not about impressing others, but about giving others a place to be heard. I love the line from page 29, "We don't all have stages from which to speak, but we all have homes with doors that can be opened." I plan to bless my friends with a copy for Christmas gifts. I also think it would be a great wedding gift . I need to stock up!

I just received this book in the mail today and I am loving it so far! This book is serving as a great reminder of using what God has blessed us with and letting go of the pressures of a “perfect” home before inviting people into your house. Life is messy and we can ALL relate on that level! I can’t wait to try out the yummy recipes included and incorporate the cleaning tips into my routine. I also love the size of this book and the photos are beautiful - all around great book!

This book is beautiful! I have been eagerly waiting for my copy and it has finally arrived. I’m so excited to dive in and learn about extraordinary hospitality. I’ve already flipped through the book and the photos are gorgeous. My family is looking forward to welcoming more people into our home and making them feel welcome and loved. We now have a wonderful resource to help us do that well.

This is a beautiful book. But I do agree that the photos of large and lovely homes, expensively decorated sometimes defeats the author’s purpose. Also, the front matter states that all Bible references are from the King James Version when clearly several of them are not. (For example the references to Psalm 32:7 and Hebrews 10:21-23 are actually from the NASB.The editors should have noticed this.)

Awesome book and loved how she defined out hospitality as not just entertaining. This was an eye opener for me. I cannot wait to try some of the recipes. I will be finding non traditional ways of hospitality after reading this book. I love how Bible verses relating to hospitality is spread out in the book.