A humble heart is hospitable. It accepts people as they are-a mix of familiar and unfamiliar, good and bad. Acceptance leaves others free to be themselves in our dwelling place. It does not require them to be like us. Our guest may be friend or total stranger, mentally impaired or emotionally estranged, different in race, faith, social circumstance, or political perspective.
Hospitality means giving all guests the freedom to reveal themselves as they choose.
Marjorie J. Thompson Soul Feast Hospitality means letting the stranger remain a stranger while offering hospitality nonetheless. All bread is ours and is given to me, to others through me, and to me through others. For not only bread, but all things necessary for sustenance in this life are given on loan to us, with others, and because of others, and for others, and to others through us. The deepest condescension may be expressed in a person's unwilling-ness to be a guest. It reflects an unwillingness to recognize another person's capacity to help us.