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HONORING SENIORS

the freedom with
which they come
and go among
themselves.” The
Mulkeys believe
that community is
deeply important
for the health of
our culture, and
they are living that
out right here in
Lubbock. To quote
Coretta Scott King,
“ The greatness
of a community
is most accurately
measured by the
compassionate
actions of its
in it. “We want our home to be a that the place is shared, and that members.”
place where people can just come the people who share the place Lubbock is a better place for having
and be.” This friendly, generous define and limit the possibilities the Mulkeys in it, and I could not
reception and entertainment of of each other’s lives. It is the have planned a better community
guests, visitors, or strangers is knowledge that people have of for us to move into if I had tried.
the definition of hospitality that each other, their concern for each
can be found in abundance at the other, their trust in each other,
Mulkey’s. It doesn’t matter if
you are young or old, there is
a place for you at their table.
They are inspiring because they
practice “radically ordinary
hospitality”. They see their
homes not as theirs at all, but
as God’s gift to use for the
furtherance of His kingdom.
They are willing to sacrifice
their comfort, their time, and
usually their food for the benefit
of others in need. This type of
hospitality views “houses as
hospitals”, a place of comfort
and healing. This mentality
is shared by author, Wendell
Berry, when he elaborates, “A
community is the mental and
spiritual condition of knowing

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