“Let brotherly love continue.” (Hebrews 13:1) When I’ve been out with friends from church, we are sometimes asked the question, “Are you sisters?” We usually just smile and answer, “No, just friends.” It’s amusing because often there is no physical resemblance between any of us, but the onlooker senses some connection they can’t quite define. When asked the “sisters” question, a more accurate answer might be no . . . but also yes. We are not biological sisters; we are sisters in the Lord. That similarity they sense but can’t pinpoint is the spirit of the God we share. His blood connects…

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