TAKING
TIME FOR HOSPITALITY

Topics: Commitment; Hospitality; Kindness; Time

References: Isaiah 58:6–7; Matthew 25:34–46

In an era when many of us feel that time is our scarcest resource, hospitality falters.… “In a fast-food culture, you have to remind yourself that some things cannot be done quickly,” said a wise Benedictine monk. “Hospitality takes time.”

—Dorothy C. Bass, Receiving the Day (Jossey-Bass, 2001)