While we're here on this earth, we belong to a family known as the church. Families take work, and Body Life is no exception. Are we doing all and being all that we can be? No way, not even hardly! This book explores just what might be missing in your local church, and how it can be remedied--by you.

• How are we to confess our sins, pray, encourage, teach and admonish one another if we don’t know one another? Answer: we can't. Remedy?-- get to know one another. Some church families do a great job at this. Some do a lousy job...

• Just as we put the One Another command of forbearance into plain English (puttin’ up with), let's put forgiveness there, too. Give it up and get over it. No, I'm not being silly: Get over it!...

• The prophet Jonah and the Elder Brother of Luke 15 were angry and discontented at the good in someone else's life. That’s a dumb way to be. Imagine, being all bent out of shape because something good happened in someone else's life...

• Why the church and not some other way? Why not save us, and then let us go on our walk the best we know how without the responsibility of a family? Why are we our brother's keeper? Because there is a race that needs running, and finishing...

This book is ideal for Bible classes or small groups. Each section ends with questions to assist the group leader. A Must Read for church leaders and disciples interested in growth and body life.