You Are Not the Only One

This type of loneliness is a chronic, longstanding sense of emptiness in life, no matter what the circumstances. The person can be around many loving, caring people, and still feel isolated. She may either feel that others don’t care, or that she is unable to receive what they give. This loneliness is an indication that something is broken in one’s

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It is only in a church that we are members of Christ and of one another, moving forward together like a well-coordinated body (1 Cor. 12:12–27). It is together that we suffer and thrive. It is together that we worship and grow and serve, according to the Word of God. That’s what your church is—ground zero for the new kind of community Christ is cre

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By discovering the true identity of Jesus, we will find ours as well. This cannot be overstated. He is the One who knows all of a man’s sorrows and hopes. The Scriptures say that Jesus identifies with us: Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By emb

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Christian or not, we all have an intrinsic need for community. We all suffer from the isolation that sin breeds. Our neighbors are desperate to belong and be connected to a people. Some try to rebuild community through social action, campaigns, planning better cities, revitalizing neighborhood schools, or feeding the homeless. Others join gangs or

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You and I were never meant to go it alone. And we never are truly alone. We never have been and never will be. God has a plan, and it has always been more than just to save us from judgment, glorious as that part of the plan is. It has always been to share Life with us by bestowing love on us and giving to our hearts, through intimacy, oneness with

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