Christian Conversations: Relationships

Relationships affect all of us, in all phases and stages of our lives.  They are a source of support, injury and growth for all of us.

God invites us into a relationship that we value and nurture. As humans, we’re involved in both voluntary and obligatory relationships with varying outcomes, that can test our faith in humankind, and in God.

As we launch ourselves into 2025, we find ourselves in a world that feels decidedly unsettled and more dangerous than in recent decades.

In this lecture, Sandy will address relationships on a larger scale – those influenced by wars, viruses, public violence and social media angst.  He will also consider relationships on a scale closer to home, where our relationships with others can ripple out and have an impact.

From history and from Scripture, Sandy will look at various instances of people in a state of flux and how they…