Boots and Blessings

The Poor Lazarus at the Rich Man's Door, James Tissot, Wikimedia Commons The Church With Heart has a heart full of love for not only its members, but for the people outside its doors. Because this is what Unitarian Universalism is all about -- it's about having faith that love is infinite, undying, and there's plenty to go around for all of us, so we need to love one another within the church, and then take that love outside the church because Lazarus is right outside our gate, starving for our crumbs, and even our crumbs are valuable because the Lazaruses outside  our  gate are starving for acceptance, for nourishing food for their minds and souls, for a listening ear, for relationship, for purpose. Yes, purpose. Another word for that is mission.  And here's the thing - a church doesn't have a mission. Do you hear me? A church does not have a mission, a mission has a church . The Church With Heart is willing to go out and track that mission down so that th