The church as the most important family

There are serious consequences of losing a sense of family within the church. . . We assume that the nuclear family can meet this need, and yet some of the loneliest, most isolated people in our communities are married with children, often so frenetically busy with child rearing and/or caring for aging parents that they … Continue reading The church as the most important family

Do we well?

There is an account in the Old Testament of a time when the Syrian armies laid siege around the city of Samaria until the people of the city were about to perish of starvation.  There were four lepers at the gate of Samaria who were also near death from starvation.  One night they decided to … Continue reading Do we well?