Blog Template Theology of the Body: True Religion

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

True Religion


True religion which God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress...
James 1:27

Many of the articulate ladies at the Biblical Womanhood Blog are committed to centering their lives on the Titus 2:5 exhortation for women to be "keepers at home." (KJV, rendered "good housekeepers" by the later versions) They raise a compelling and Advent-appropriate question about the Church's mission-

What is the Church doing to fulfill its mandate to care for widows and orphans, particularly for single mothers who want to "stay home" to care for their children? Are there existing programs which work? We need suggestions...