How do you spell 'relationships'?

Chris & I are still at the Global Advance pastor's retreat in Branson, and I finally realized something today - often, at these type gatherings I tend to feel a little out-of-place, seeing that so many of the pastors here are long-time friends and they naturally gravitate to each other during the fellowship times. It dawned on me that Chris & I 'lost' 20 years of relationships when we walked away from our former denomination in the early days of CLC, so we are playing 'catch-up' now. You know what? That is hard, but it's so worth it!

Relationships do take time to establish, and even more time to maintain. But it's what we were created for, and deep within, it's what we all want - to know and be known. I'm going to be preaching that this weekend, so CLCers, invite a friend to join you - it's gonna be good!