As we enter this Fourth Sunday in Lent in our book study of Max Vincent’s “Because of This I Rejoice,” we explore the important Christian value of hospitality. I believe Vincent presents the importance of hospitality in the Christian life very well, and explains Paul’s understanding of how hospitality is woven into nearly every aspect of our Christian lives. Similar to the Christian virtue of “humility,” hospitality seems not to be something that is sought after for its own sake, but something that is encountered by living life in a particularly Christ-centered way. I also appreciate Vincent’s discussion regarding the potential anxiety experienced by some folks at the very thought of doing all the “things that must be done” to be considered “people of hospitality.” He eases our minds by describing “the discipline of joyful hospitality.”