Home » Archive by Author

Articles by Elaine Chan

avatar

Elaine Chan, M.Div. (NYTS), is the staff chaplain at New York Hospital Queens. Previously, she was the Catholic chaplain at Beth Israel Brooklyn where she served for over 9 years. Elaine is a first generation Chinese-American, the oldest of seven children. Her parents, originally from Toishan, China, moved to Hong Kong when the communists liberated China. They immigrated to the US in 1958. Elaine is a new member of the Editorial Advisory Board of “Vision” and plans to be a frequent contributing writer.

Entertaining Angels
May 2, 2013 – 11:32 am | Comments Off on Entertaining Angels
Entertaining Angels

by Elaine Chan

Sometimes the opportunity to be hospitable to a stranger may seem like too much trouble, imprudent, or even dangerous, but Hebrews 13.2 tells us “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.”