What is Life

Reflections of Trey Sklar in Four Souls after a few days with a Guatemalan familia:
"The way Salomón and Mery's family functions seems to be totally unique. They do not hold on to what is theirs in the way that most people do. They hold their possessions loosely, as if they had just been entrusted to them temporarily. They do not insist on what is due them, even in regard to position. Within the family, whoever needs a particular asset most - whether car, house, money or even time - is given it. They are hardly less open with those outside the family. I guess that is how Christian community is supposed to work."

More from the book:
"It began to dawn upon us that this was our first exposure to hospitality in its purest form. True service never reminds the recipient that they are being served."