Henri Nouwen wrote\u00a0that loneliness is one of the most widespread diseases\u00a0of our time. There are many who are looking for a home, a family, a place to belong, yet often this evades us in our world. In Ruth 2, Ruth enters onto the scene of Israelite society – in every way an outsider, yet Boaz notices her, welcomes her, meets her needs, and shows great kindness to her.\u00a0The church should be a community of Boaz’s to a world of Ruth’s.<\/p>\n
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