Date: January 24th, 2008

Demographic shakers: Part 1, abstinence

24 January, 2008 (10:10) | Local issues, Markets, Zoning and land use | No comments

I’ve always admired the Shakers, whose belief that faith alone will swell their numbers is so strong they renounce not just procreation but marriage itself.  God will provide, God will bring the new faithful.     Centuries ago, there were many of us.
 
Their commitment is admirable – and they are dying out.  Unless God provides, in the […]