READER'S EXCHANGE

 

At the present time I am counseling a 19 year old girl who has a nervous disorder. It's been nine long months, but with the grace of God we now have her driving, and she takes more interest in herself. I'm an amateur at this sort of thing, learning that a little love and sincerity can go a long way. This sense of futility is becoming commonplace. People feel they are but cogs in a machine, impersonal and insignificant among earth's billions, just a number that doesn't count, instead of believing they are created by God in His own image and loved by Him. — Virginia Cistaro, Point Harbor, NC

We have tried the whole gambit—Baptists, Assembly of God, Lutheran, etc. Nothing seems to fit like it did in Oregon, our old stomping ground. They want to vote us in, and after our C of C background, we bristle and want to be accepted out of love and not votes. Besides, we have Mormons coming down over our ears and the churches generally are legalistic, the C of C being the worst. Help! — Joan Martin, Orem, Utah

The ecumenical movement is made up of denominations who do not view themselves as the whole church, but who recognize a mutual need for each other of all the sections of the church. As long as certain denominations consider themselves as the only true church they simply do not have the attitudes and motivations to participate in the ecumenical movement. — Corner Shacklett, Westfield, NJ

The underground Church of Christ had a wonderful praise and prayer meeting last night. — Clara Logan, Montgomery, AL

You might be interested to know that Stan Paregian is near Stillwater, ministering at Stroud, OK. They are having a Restoration lecture at his church involving dialogue between the three branches of our people on the silence of the scriptures. — John Lacey, Stillwater, OK