Heb. 13

The beginning is great sermon fodder, let mutual love continue. It is a reminder that church is a community endeavor.Mutual love=brotherly love=philadelphia-Ine oculd play a clip of Springsteen Streets fo Philadelphia In a time of hyer-individualism iit si salutary to be reminded of community and a world beyond narcissism.

Hospitality=xenophilia= love of a stranger. In our time, that is a biblical counter to rampant xenophobia.The prison reminder helps us realize that the ties of mutual love are not affected bty separation, distance, or circumstance. Here the church is called to the preferential option for those on the edges of life.
Ob the other hand, I do not think that hospitality is a particularly helpful point about border policy as hospitality is charitable and border policy concerns more impersonal justice.

The love of money reminds one of the pastoral epistles, but I do not grasp the quick move into the nearness of God that follows.Perhaps it is a way of saying that idolatrous love of possessions excludes God from being a very present help. After all, God si the giver of divine gifts that exceed any material advantage.

On angels unaware-consider a movie clip on Abraham and the scene of the 3 visitors or Ushpitim, an Israeli movie on the theme as well.

V. 7 would  e a good study for church boards, especially in congregations where the pastor is the object of constant complaint.

The next verse (8) doesn't seem to be a natural progression, but its meaning seems open-ended. Beware using this as a tool for glory days as opposed to the present, or sa ralizing the past in favor of the present and future.

Notice at the end, the transformation of sacrifice for Christian community.We share our gifts as a way to actualize pa raise and thanks to God.Note also the emphasis on remembering in this conlcuding section of the "sermon" or sermon series that is Hebrews.