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12 January 2012
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“Oikos,” aside from being a popular brand of yogurt, is a word infused with a great deal of meaning, hope, and promise. While in the Bible it can mean “a house”(an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, any dwelling place), or “descendants,” I’m using it in the sense of “all the persons forming one family, a household. |
In English, "household" connotes the nuclear family. In the Greek however, its usage is broader and encompasses family, neighbors, coworkers, and friends, and those with whom we come into regular contact. These 8-15 people may be your neighbors, coworkers, local barista, grocery store clerk, parents on your kid’s sport team, your hair dresser, professor, physical therapist, roommate, business associate, mechanic, waiter at your favorite restaurant, dog groomer, gardener, carpool buddies, dentist, etc.
This concept of family is nothing new to Granite Creek,
