The transparency of our needs reveals the grace available to us all. We represent living examples of God's constancy and renewal. By our example, the entire church can learn about cooperation and the true nature of community. Rather than segregate, let us elevate all the families in our churches. Each has the important task of raising our her children to know the ways of God.
Every family deserves the honor, respect and support of the larger family.
No one should fail to belong. Let us all claim each other to form the household of faith that holds us all. The late theologian and professor at Seattle Pacific University, Dr. Dennis Guernsey, understood the power and inter-relationship of families and the family of God. The church of the first century was called to leave their earthly familial allegiances and to bond to one another as Christ had commanded them. The need for the church in the 20th century is to respond as they responded.