"The whole idea that Jesus . . . practiced 'radical hospitality' is . . . a modern ecclesial myth."

"The whole idea that Jesus—who had 'nowhere to lay his head' (Luke 9:58)—practiced 'radical hospitality' is, I think, a modern ecclesial myth.  Jesus was radically open to the hospitality of others, but he also placed radical demands on those who wished to follow him."

     Robert MacSwain, "'The gifts of God for the people of God':  some thoughts on Baptism and Eucharist," Sewanee theological review 56, no. 1 (Christmas 2012): 79 (71–84).  Ruth A. Meyers, at "Who May Be Invited to the Table?," Anglican Theological Review 94, no. 2 (Spr 2012): 238 (233–44), cites Andrew McGowan, "The Meals of Jesus and the Meals of the Church:  Eucharistic Origins and Admission to Communion," in Studia liturgica diversa:  essays in
honor of Paul F. Bradshaw, ed. Maxwell E. Johnson and L. Edward Phillips (Portland, OR: Pastoral Press, 2004), 107, 101-115 (which I have not consulted).