Anne Lamott, author of the wonderful book Traveling Mercies, tells of how in her church babies get passed around the moment they're brought into the sanctuary - everyone takes care of everyone else's babies. Every baby instantly has more parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles than he ever knew.
Imagine what that teaches children about Christian community! What they learn about love even as in...
2. Looking For a Loop Hole
John 2:13-22; Hebrews 12:5-6
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Peter Buehler
W. C. Fields once claimed he had studied the Bible for years, in his words, "Looking for a loophole." He never did say if he found one. I wonder, though, if he came across chapter 12 of the New Testament letter to the Hebrews, verses 5 and 6 - verses of pure grace: My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him; For the Lord disciplines those...
