#RememberYouWereStrangers

Greg Johnsonpteranodo
2026-01-29

Robert Hawker, an evangelical Anglican preacher, notes that seeing a stranger should melt the heart—a reflex Moses required and Job practiced. Hawker says this tenderness isn’t sentimentality but grace. Which raises the awkward question: what are evangelicals teaching children now—hospitality, or how to step over people politely? How do you keep your heart from freezing shut?

Black background quote card featuring a painted portrait of Robert Hawker (1753–1827), evangelical Anglican preacher. The text quotes Hawker reflecting on seeing a stranger and remembering one’s own vulnerability, echoing Moses and Job’s call to hospitality—opening one’s door so the traveler does not sleep in the street.

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