What is a family?

About this book

Edith Schaeffer records her deeply human experiences as wife mother and grandmother at LAbri the world-renowned Christian community in Switzerland. The unique insights she has gained there as helpmate to her brilliant husband Dr Francis Schaeffer mother to their four children counselor to the hundreds who have stopped at LAbi in their search for meaning in life are invaluable to everyone who wants to capture the essence of Christian family living. Mrs Schaeffer explores the problems and challenges facing Christian families in the latter part of the twentieth century -- the counterfeit family living with aging and dying the role of tradition and themes of independence vs dependence. dominance vs submission in family relationships.