The Rev. Canon Daniel Weir has raised good questions in a Covenant forum thread on internet hospitality.

Canon Weir writes:

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks relates a story from Stephen Carter’s book Civility in his book To Heal a Fractured World. Carter’s family moved into a previously all-white neighborhood in Washington, DC, in 1966. As the 11 year-old Carter and his brothers were sitting on front step of their new home, none of their neighbors greeted them. As Carter was thinking that they shouldn’t have moved into a neighborhood where they weren’t welcome and would never have friends, a white woman walking on the other side of the street said “Welcome!” with a broad smile. A few minutes later she brought the boys a tray laden with drinks and sandwiches. That woman, who was Jewish, knew the importance of hospitality.

The canon is a longtime presence at Covenant, leaving more than 400 comments. I am especially thankful for this one.