Emphasis Preaching Journal

In one of his books, Donald E. Miller, who abandoned the church and then returned, tells why: "One thing that brought me back to the church was asking simply: What are the alternatives to the church? Where are the communities that sanction the pursuit of meaning and truth as a legitimate enterprise? that have material and personal resources to assist in this search? that renew and inspire? that provide a setting where children are nurtured? where family members can be buried? where births can be celebrated?