Is Church Membership a Requirement?

“This world is not my home, I’m just ‘a passing through.” These words open a lesser known hymn of the early 1900’s, and it seems like the sons of Jacob, and Jacob himself, echo this refrain. As the 70 persons of Jacob’s family come into Egypt, they do so as sojourners. When Pharaoh asks them what their job is, they reply, as instructed by Joseph, “Shepherds.” They go on to say, “We’ve come to sojo...

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and ob...

I don’t remember a time in my life before Ratatouille. To be fair, the now-classicPixar film released only a few months after I turned 3 and I imagine I was more focused onbuilding blocks or finger painting than remembering anecdotes for a blog post I’d write 18years in the future. By the time I was in elementary school, however, the movie was already aconstant fixture in our house.If you’re unfam...