Contemplating Family

As we gather today, let us turn our hearts toward the profound gift of family, which is both a blessing and a challenge. In the book of James, we are reminded that true religion is reflected not just in our personal piety but in how we care for those around us: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:27, NIV).…