Church Family

It is not just a fringe benefit, but a characteristic of being incorporated into the body of Christ - the Church as expressed in a local parish - that we live, suffer, and serve together, bearing with one another, knowing that each and all are weak, yet each and all are blessed and sustained from day to day in the sure and certain truth that God is our Father through Christ Jesus, Who laid down his life for us and took it up again so that He may be where we are with His grace and favor, and we may be where He is forever.

If you do not belong to a local Church where Christ crucified and risen is preached and taught without wavering and without incursions of worldly lines of thought (like, "be your own muse," and "it's up to you to make your life better"), then you are missing out.

Good heavens, be where the people of God are! Be with those who sing His praises! Be with those who know and acknowledge aloud they are creatures under the hand of God who have no hope apart from Him. More than that, be where Christ Jesus is even as He has come to be where you are.

You will certainly not be disappointed or ashamed.