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Family Month

We all have certain ideas of what family is and how it’s supposed to work. We pick them up from all sorts of places—the way we grew up, the friends we have, the shows we watch, and the influencers we follow. The trouble is, often the way we think things ought to be isn’t the way they are. Ever wondered if your family is doing it wrong? Or if maybe you’re in the wrong family? What if the issue isn’t the individuals in your family, but the expectations you have of your family? How should a healthy family function? The New Testament authors talked a lot about family in ways that were revolutionary in their culture and still feel just as revolutionary in ours. How might identifying and overturning the common lies we tend to believe about family improve how we feel about and function in ours?