Hospitality Is For Strangers Too

Coffee + Crumbs Podcast

Ashlee Gadd

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Today, in our ongoing You're in Good Company series, Molly Flinkman tells us about the time she invited nine strangers into her home for Thanksgiving. She fully owns what an insane situation it was while also making a compelling case for why it mattered so much. In this episode, you'll hear how Molly came to value this kind of hospitality—why she keeps her eyes open for strangers in need—and she'll also give some smaller scale suggestions about how this can play out in our real lives. In all the stories she tells, Molly invites us to consider the question she continually asks herself: What kind of stranger will you be?

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We love hearing Molly tell stories; listen to this bonus episode to hear more stories from the C+C team, Story Slam.

For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.

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0:00.0	We believe motherhood is a gift, an art, not a science.
0:07.2	We believe it takes a village to raise our kids and that motherhood is better when we stick together.
0:12.8	Most of all, we believe motherhood is holy work.
0:16.9	At the core of our show, we want you to feel safe, known, encouraged, and loved.
0:22.4	This is the Coffee and Crumbs podcast.
0:28.3	Hey, friends, welcome back to the Coffee and Crumbs podcast.
0:31.2	I am here with my dear friend, Katie Blackburn.
0:33.5	Hello, friend.
0:34.7	Hi, and hi, everybody.
0:36.7	And we are so thrilled to be joined today with our dear friend, friend. Hi, and hi, everybody. And we are so thrilled to be joined today with our dear friend Molly Flinkman.
0:42.5	Hello, Molly.
0:43.6	Hi, friends.
0:44.5	Thank for having me.
0:45.6	Yeah, welcome to the show.
0:47.3	We are going to kick things off by telling our listeners a little bit about you, and then we're
0:51.5	going to just jump right into it.
0:53.1	So here we go. Molly Flinkman is
0:55.8	a freelance writer from Central Iowa where she lives with her husband, Jake, and their four kids.
1:01.9	She loves to write about how her faith intersects the very ordinary aspects of her life and hopes
1:07.8	her words will encourage and support other women along the way.
1:12.2	As somebody who reads a lot of those words, I can say that you're absolutely crushing it at
1:16.8	that, Molly.
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