Article January 1, 1990 Issue

Home and family

The Christian Science Monitor

It's heart-rending to read of people, many of them young, who are homeless. Some find temporary accommodation in shelters, and others are reduced to living in the open or in their own makeshift "cardboard city" as best they can. Most of us who have secure homes and families find it hard to imagine what it must be like to live in such deprivation.

There are, of course, many social reasons for homelessness, but frequently the cause is the breakup of a family and the "couldn't care less" attitude that often prevails in society.

The family today comes under many pressures and demoralizing influences; unless checked, they could weaken and fragment family life. But we can overcome this materialistic view of disintegrating family life with a more spiritual and accurate concept of God's secure family held under the control of divine Love.

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