[Don’t] Focus on the Family

For a long time, it has been common for Christian churches, ministries and pastors to claim the family is a defining concept in Christianity. There have been many, many websites, books, articles, videos, and sermons on the importance of the family. Language like the family is “the first and most fundamental of all human institutions” […]

Families

It is not uncommon these days for people to lament the demise of the family. People have been talking about the death of “traditional families” for as long as I can remember. Sociologist, economists, and pundits of various sorts all worry about this. Even Christians worry about this. It seems odd to me that Christians […]