This is my newest article for Risen Motherhood. You can read the entire article here.
I stuck my hand out and offered a handshake to a family I’d never seen at church before. They had two little kids, and we exchanged names and hellos.
“How long have you been attending here?” I asked.
“About five months.”
I tamped down my surprise. As a pastor’s wife at a large church with two services, it wasn’t uncommon for it to take a while to meet a new family—but somehow, I’d managed to miss meeting them for nearly half a year.
“We’re not really plugged in yet,” the wife shrugged.
I nodded knowingly. This was a conversation I’d had multiple times over the years with many families, and one I knew well myself in past seasons. And as my husband gets ready to plant a new church, we’ll be starting the journey of cultivating community all over again.
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