FAMILY HISTORY When I lived in Philadelphia, I was invited to be a workshop presenter at the Philadelphia Area Sunday School Association’s Annual Convention in November of 1996.   My workshop was titled, Family Systems: Ministering to today’s Families.   I facilitated this workshop three years in a row and each year the classroom would fill with participants.   My goal was to make the workshop interactive, educational and fun; a little humor that captivated the audience and encouraged participation.   The tools used were a colorful mobile (stained glass rainbows) to which I credit Edith Schafer; she mentioned this image in her writings about Family.   Handouts of charts displaying the positions and roles of each family member and their definitions.   Lastly, my favorite Biblical story in Genesis chapters 29, 35 and 37 to which we would draw on the chalkboard a genogram (Family Tree) and brainstorm together what we saw as “red flags” when working with ...