Who has never felt the grief of being separated from someone we love?  Who has never felt like an unwelcome foreigner?

Since forever, people have been excerpting biblical snippets to support whatever. Here is a link to lots of quotes about hospitality:

https://www.openbible.info/topics/welcoming_strangers

This morning I particularly embrace:
Leviticus 19:33-34 English Standard Version (ESV)

“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

Here is an out-of-context illustration of a refugee family. Perhaps this is a myth.  If it is, it is one of those myths that is truer than fact. And it is holy.

Both regular readers of this blog will know that I am not a traditional person of faith, but I never missed Sunday School.  And I do remember what I learned there. I think the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security missed the sermon on the morning that lesson was preached. I’m going to give them both a good talking-to today. Their email addresses are easily available online.

Today is National Doughnut Day. You know what to do. I remember 70 years ago getting a “toasted doughnut” and a coke as a special treat at a downtown drugstore in Durant, Oklahoma, sitting in a booth with my mother and grandmother. To toast a doughnut, slice it in half like a bagel and put the cut side down in a skillet for a few minutes. Perfect plan for a day-old doughnut, although, seriously, who has leftover doughnuts?