Sojourners are people in between home bases.  They’re not casual travelers, who know where they’re going and more importantly, know that they’ll return home shortly.  Instead, they’re traveling under great stress or with great uncertainty.  Domestic violence victims are not casual travelers.  Families accompanying critically ill patients undergoing extraordinary medical treatment outside their communities travel under great stress.  Asylum seekers and refugees entering this Country travel with great uncertainty.

Sojourners all but disappear into our cities and communities and become as isolated as seafarers in the middle of the ocean.  We are called upon to reach out to the stranger in our midst.  We are called upon to offer hospitality, refuge and respite.  We are called upon to provide the necessary respite and resources for sojourners, enabling them to regain control of their lives.