Emphasis Preaching Journal

A small group gathered for their first meeting. As a way of introduction, they began talking about themselves, sharing childhood memories and feelings about their lives as adults. Later, they realized that they were not being totally honest. It's hard sharing with people you do not know well.

As they shared together, Julie interrupted. She told the others that her childhood memories were not always positive. She spoke of her struggle with her mother and of her father who left one day when she was four and never came back.