Getting the message out

Vaughan Roberts  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Mar 2004
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A young student was in despair. Her life was in turmoil and she felt a deep emptiness within.

Somehow she knew she needed God, but she had no idea where to find him. One Sunday, on the way to the supermarket, she saw crowds of young people going into a church and she began to wonder if she might find what she was looking for inside. But she did not go in. It was a frightening, unfamiliar place - she wouldn't know where to sit, when to stand or what to say; so she walked away.

There are many like her: aware of a spiritual hole in their lives, but feeling completely disconnected from church and not looking there for answers. We must take some of the blame for that.

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