Hello and Welcome to My Sisters’ Keeper first blog post! I’m so glad you decided to stop by and check us out!
A year has passed since our world went into pandemic lock-down mode. The once peculiar-sounding directives to “socially distance”, “mask up”, “keep 6-feet apart” and “stay safe, stay home” have now found their way into our everyday vernacular.
The urgent need to protect ourselves, our loved ones, and the community at large, has intensified other critical needs that seem to have gone unspoken and unmet. To mention just a few, these include the need for belonging, community, a reassuring embrace, companionship, a shoulder to cry on, and a good old-fashioned, face-to-face, heart-to-heart conversation with your closest girlfriends. For me, these basic human emotional needs can be summed up in the Greek word, koinonia. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines this term as, “intimate spiritual communion and participative sharing in a common religious commitment and spiritual community.” It is the Christian fellowship of a body of believers.
While nothing can replace the physical assembling of ourselves together as sisters in Christ, the intention of this blog is to provide a space for us, the women of New Generation Church, to come together virtually and discuss what’s on our hearts and minds, to encourage one another, and perhaps even to extend an occasional emoji heart or hug ????. It is my hope that you find this blog to be a place of koinonia for you.
Each week, you will be encouraged to read, ponder, and respond to a Thought for the Day or Question for Discussion. I invite you to join in the conversation with your NGC sisters by sharing your personal thoughts, testimonies, and words of encouragement.
To kick-off the conversation, I would be interested to hear what topics or questions you’d like to discuss in future blog postings. Please share your thoughts.
Thanks in advance!
My Sisters’ Keeper, Laura Thomas
