We tend to think that the things that we see are what’s real – it’s the whole story. We don’t realize just how easily our perspective is distorted.

Church can be tough. It can be really tough. And I’m really sorry. Remember that Jesus harshest critics were the insiders.

It wasn’t the Romans flogging Peter – it was the Jews.

If our mission is to love God and love neighbor – we have to grow up.

It is easy to have a really self-centered Christianity. Here is what I want and what I like and what I think. Christianity isn’t just about me. It’s about we.

We’re all messed up. We’re all broken.

Jesus takes us – and he wants to make more of us.

Labels cause harm to God church. What if we spend less time thinking about labels and more time thinking about the reality of Jesus – we’re going in the right direction.