Hospitality and The Kingdom of God: Our Invitation to Join the Work of Restoration

Hospitality engages a world imagined by God, taking on the heart of God, and choosing to live in ways responsive to theactive presence of God in the world. Hospitality, by nature, is subversive as it restores creation through seemingly minorand simple actions which effect healing, health, and wholeness. Practitioners of hospitality take on the ministry of Christfashioning their lives and choices after his, attending to the needs of others, trusting in the abundance of God, and livingin rhythm with God’s work in the world. Hospitality engages the Table Ministry of Christ in the world inviting all whowould dine to come and partake of God’s lavish abundance. Hospitality sees the Kingdom of God as the Creator’srestored gathering with humanity taking form around the Banquet Table as it is both present now and coming in thefuture. Hospitality understands that the work of the Incarnation happened not so God could merely die, but that Godcould walk and talk with humanity showing us how to live into the life God has for us and to invite us into that ministry ofrestoration and co-creation. Hospitality, attentive to God, invites and welcomes all who would come and dine at theBanquet Table co-creating the Kingdom of God as it pushes out into the liminal places of the world where strangers arewelcomed, guests become hosts, and the Body of Christ continues to incarnate the presence of God in this world. TheBanquet Table, the Kingdom of God, the Incarnation of God on earth together form the ministry of hospitality—an imagelarge enough for a wild, creative, and passionate God to love the whole of creation into healing, wholeness, andrestoration

Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

In this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts supporting scientific goals and open questions presented in the companion articles of this volume. Also included are their related investigations (observations & modeling) and discussion of which measurements and future data products are needed to better constrain Venus’ atmosphere, climate, surface, interior and habitability evolution through time. A new fleet of Venus missions has been selected, and new mission concepts will continue to be considered for future selections. Missions under development include radar-equipped ESA-led EnVision M5 orbiter mission (European Space Agency 2021), NASA-JPL’s VERITAS orbiter mission (Smrekar et al. 2022a), NASA-GSFC’s DAVINCI entry probe/flyby mission (Garvin et al. 2022a). The data acquired with the VERITAS, DAVINCI, and EnVision from the end of this decade will fundamentally improve our understanding of the planet’s long term history, current activity and evolutionary path. We further describe future mission concepts and measurements beyond the current framework of selected missions, as well as the synergies between these mission concepts, ground-based and space-based observatories and facilities, laboratory measurements, and future algorithmic or modeling activities that pave the way for the development of a Venus program that extends into the 2040s (Wilson et al. 2022)

Correction to: Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

International audienc

Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

International audienceIn this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts supporting scientific goals and open questions presented in the companion articles of this volume. Also included are their related investigations (observations & modeling) and discussion of which measurements and future data products are needed to better constrain Venus' atmosphere, climate, surface, interior and habitability evolution through time. A new fleet of Venus missions has been selected, and new mission concepts will continue to be considered for future selections. Missions under development include radar-equipped ESA-led EnVision M5 orbiter mission (European Space Agency 2021), NASA-JPL's VERITAS orbiter mission (Smrekar et al. 2022a), NASA-GSFC's DAVINCI entry probe/flyby mission (Garvin et al. 2022a). The data acquired with the VERITAS, DAVINCI, and EnVision from the end of this decade will fundamentally improve our understanding of the planet's long term history, current activity and evolutionary path. We further describe future mission concepts and measurements beyond the current framework of selected missions, as well as the synergies between these mission concepts, ground-based and space-based observatories and facilities, laboratory measurements, and future algorithmic or modeling activities that pave the way for the development of a Venus program that extends into the 2040s (Wilson et al. 2022)

Correction to: Venus Evolution Through Time: Key Science Questions, Selected Mission Concepts and Future Investigations

In the original publication, there has been a discrepancy between values mentioned in the text of Sect. 4.3.3 and in Table 1. The corrected version is provided here: Wrong: The gravity field harmonic coefficients up to an average degree strength of 130 (∼145 km) are generated together with corrections to the spin rate and to the pole right ascension and declination. Correct: The gravity field harmonic coefficients up to an average degree strength of 200 (∼105 km, see Table 1) are generated together with corrections to the spin rate and to the pole right ascension and declination.</p