The Church makes people holy
Two girls came to the surgery for another bottle of medicine for their mothers. ‘It did your mother good, then?’ said the doctor to the first. ‘Here’s another bottle, then. Make sure she has it after meals.’ The other girl said her mother wasn’t any better. ‘Too bad,’ said the doctor. ‘I wonder if I ought to change the medicine.’ ‘She said it didn’t make her cough any better, though she rubbed it on her chest night and morning.’ ‘Rubbed it on! No wonder she isn’t better. Can’t she read the...
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As the father of four children (ages 8 1/2 years to 4 days), Beth Lewis Samuelson’s reflections on children in church resonates with me: What does a child-tolerant church look like? First, the church —and all of us, really—must remember that where there are women, there are children. Today, with the widespread use of birth control and the prevalence of abortion services, the bittersweet burden of motherhood is no longer seen in the wider culture as a normal phase of life, but rather as a lifestyle option. As a result, many people don’t wish to be inconvenienced by children, who...
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