Hi Michele,

There was a very popular book out several years ago called Boundaries by Henry Cloud. Are you thinking about the principles that were laid out in that book? I'll admit that I can be contrary about reading books that people tell me I "MUST" read and I didn't read that one.

HOwever, what I saw happening in the people who were urging me to read it, did not commend it to me. I saw them setting "boundaries" that ended up shielding them from ministry and service, both in the church and in their relationships with friends and family. Again, I didn't read the book so I can't characterize it, but there was a period of time in the church that I attended at the time this was all the rage when we could hardly get help for the various ministries of the church because of "boundaries."

Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence." - St. Augustine
Hiraeth