The Hospitable Power of Words
Coffee + Crumbs Podcast
Ashlee Gadd
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
From lessons learned while living overseas to her small town library storytime, today author Kim Knowle-Zeller shares how blessings can bind us together. You'll hear how she started offering and receiving blessings and how it may be easier than you think to create a welcoming culture with your own hospitable words. Kim reminds us that building community takes time but encourages us to keep initiating. We hope this episode inspires you to see the power in gathering and offering words that bless others along the way.
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Kim encourages us to invite a friend for coffee while the kids play or start an in-person book club; listen to this bonus episode to see how else we're Taking Friendships Out of the Group Chat.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.
Show notes:
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Pre-order You're In Good Company
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Pre-order Small Steps by Kim Knowle-Zeller
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The Beauty of Motherhood by Kim Knowle-Zeller and Erin Strybis
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Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:12.7 | 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. |
| 0:28.4 | Hey, friends. |
| 0:29.5 | Welcome back to the Coffee and Crumbs podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | I am here, as always, with my friend Katie today. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello, friends. |
| 0:35.7 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:36.9 | And we are also joined by our dear friend Kim. Hello, friends. Hi, everyone. And we are also joined by our dear |
| 0:39.1 | friend Kim. Hello, Kim. Hey, friends. We are so excited to chat with you today. Before we jump |
| 0:45.9 | into our conversation, I'm going to tell you all a little bit more about Kim. Kimberly, |
| 0:50.9 | Noel Zeller. Kim, do you go by Kimberly often? That's in your bio. Should I be calling |
| 0:55.2 | you Kimberly? No, please don't. It really, I love Kim. And it's just one of those things. But it's my |
| 1:00.7 | professional name. So, okay, sure. We should definitely start with a professional name for sure. |
| 1:05.2 | Thank you for clarifying. Kimberly Nolzeller is a writer, pastor, wife, mother of two, and the co-author of The Beauty of |
| 1:13.7 | Motherhood, Grace-filled Devotions for the Early Years, and the upcoming book of |
| 1:19.4 | Blessings, which is called Small Steps, Blessings to Lift Your Soul on the Pilgrimage of Life. |
| 1:26.1 | She lives with her family in Cole Camp, Missouri and works part-time |
| 1:29.9 | as the community manager for exhale creativity. She loves to walk around her town of 1,000 people |
| 1:36.2 | and enjoy the many festivals and events, as well as attend her monthly book club and trivia night. |
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