Shabbat Shalom

Family. Conjours up so many images in our heads. Good times, bad times, parents and siblings, family of God, extended family, married-in family, fragmented or nuclear.

We all belong to one, one way or another. What we make of our family is our choice, even if it doesn't seem so. We can change how our family fits together for good or for bad.

This Sabbath, take some family time. Spend it with your family, think about your family, reach out to someone you've been ignoring over past misdeed and mend a bridge. Get in contact with family you haven't seen in ages - just to say hi.

And think on the bigger family you're a part of. Humans, God's kids, inhabitants of this planet. Interconnected and dependent on each other, whether we choose it or not.

Be family to someone who feels alone. Adopt a granny or grandpa, invite a single person over for a meal, play with a kid until they exhaust you.

Peace to you and your family.