The word “hospitality” conjures images of special nametags and coffee stations. I think of Southern Living flower arrangements on the perfect Thanksgiving table. I imagine neatly turned-down bedspreads with chocolates on the pillows. Given that the word shares a root with “hospital” and “hospice,” I find it stunning that hospitality has come to mean anything but vulnerability. Hospitality is the sense that things are effortlessly...
The hospitality of vulnerability
Becca Messman's view of hospitality changed after ministering to a young, dying woman who lived with one foot in heaven and one on earth.
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