Home is one of the basic human experiences and what one scholar has called the base metaphor by which we all live. When we ask about God's home, we are naturally confused, for -- unlike finite humans -- the divine does not occupy a "place" or a "space." God is beyond space and locale. Your authors were once pastors of an inner-city congregation trying as best it could to reach out to the changing neighborhood in which it was located. The church started an after-school program for the children of the neighborhood, many of whom were Hispanic and African-American.
