This course will focus on reading, discussing, and reflecting on Rosaria Butterfield’s The Gospel Comes with a House Key.  Butterfield’s story of conversion from antagonism toward Christianity to being a faithful believer and pastor’s wife is inspiring.  In the book, she reflects on the very ordinary and unpretentious in-home hospitality that created her path to Christ.  A family’s simple and ordinary welcome and their willingness to listen and speak were the bridge from her antagonism to belief.  She explains how her family offers their home to God as a place where genuine love and grace are visible to reveal what true Christian faith looks like.  Butterfield casts a vision for a form of hospitality that is less concerned with polish and perfection and more concerned with sincerity and welcome.  This course will explore ways that Butterfield’s vision for hospitality can turn our homes into pathways to the Gospel.  Resource book: The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield.