Dipstick

Published: May 16, 2022, 5 a.m.

You check your car's oil by pulling out the dipstick. In the same way, God measures the health of the Church and of individual Christians by pulling out our spiritual "dipstick" whenever and in whatever way He chooses. One of the ways He does that is by checking our relationships -- and the only way for us to be in relationship with other people, including non-believers, is to reach out, listen, and be genuinely involved in their lives.