Category: A sense of Place

Listening for Laughter

Yesterday I stepped into the backyard just to look around and stand in the sun. Behind us I heard children playing and the unmitigated sound of joyful laughter. It was the kind of laughter that held...

The People of God

If you are a follower of Jesus, then you belong in church.  Part of our salvation is that we are part of the Body of Christ, the church.  A Christian cannot exist outside of that fact.  There is no solitary Christian who goes it alone. Nothing can separate you from being part of God’s church.  Even death cannot separate us from the church. We are part of the church through the ages united in Christ. We belong to the same church as the Apostles.  If you have placed your faith in Christ, you become part of the family.