Our culture provides various options for how to define love. Most of them look like the “second hand emotion” that Tina Turner sings about in her 80’s hit “What’s Love Got to Do With It”? People in our society throw the word love around rather flippantly. It seems to be some nebulous feeling that comes and goes with the changing …
Growing up, I had the privilege of living in West Berlin, Germany during the Cold War (1981-1986). While in Berlin, my family attended Berlin Baptist Church, an international church whose members came from England, Lebanon, Vietnam, Indonesia, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia, Germany, and Cambodia. Being a part of such a diverse body of believers. taught me two important lessons. First, I …
