Remember to Offer Milk

Sep 21, 2025    Shawn Franssens

We’ve talked about saying “hello.” We’ve explored curiosity as a posture of love. This week, we’re leaning into what comes next—hospitality.


In the children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a simple gift opens up a deeper hunger. The same is true in our lives.


Loving our neighbors means going beyond connection to care. Hospitality is how we offer the “milk”—whatever brings nourishment, dignity, and belonging to another person’s life.