Reach out and touch someone | Mark 1:41

Experiments, and research has uncovered an astonishing number of poor health outcomes that result when we are deprived of touch. The correlation between anxiety, depression and stress and touch is large and inversely related. There is something about “touching” that is so relevant and needed not only for healing, but for comfort, and a unique way of communicating.  The laying on of hands was an action referred to on numerous occasions in the Bible to accompany the conferring of a blessing or authority. The laying on of hands was used to bless and provide an inheritance to families. If my mother didn’t hug me or my grandmother didn’t put her arms around me, I worried.  Today we will learn a lot about why  the laying on of hands is important.