Laced With Hope

| At a Summit on Stepfamily Ministry, an event for pastors and lay leaders, I heard stories that included reward and struggle. Struggles to merge family members, to protect a marriage, and given the prevalence of complex families, to get church leaders on board with the need for blended family ministry. Nontraditional is the new traditional. And yet, each story was infused with hope in a God who loves and redeems. Hope in the power of church community and the Holy Spirit to sustain and guide.