Today we're talking all about "church people" and the wide range of ways that church people are described and perceived today.  Here are some resources I hope will help you to no longer "go to church" but instead to "be church" both inside and outside of church walls.

1. the art I referenced from Scott Erickson (the chapel in an hourglass) on his Instagram account - follow Scott today!

2. Podcast: More Than Small Talk - How to be a Friend When Life Hurts

3. Podcast: Human Hope - How to Have Healthy Hard Conversations With People You Disagree With

4. Podcast: That Sounds Fun - Francis Chan

5. Podcast: Be The Bridge with Latasha Morrison

6. Be The Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation, by Latasha Morrison

7. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, by Nadia Bolz-Weber

8. Song: May You Find a Light, by The Brilliance

9. Song: We Are One, by Ginny Owens

10. Song: Oceans (Where Feet May Fail), by Hillsong

11. Journal prompts: 

Who have been the "church people" in my life who have brought me closer to relationship with God?  What did they do/say that impacted me?

Who are the "church people" who have pushed me away from relationship with God?  Is there a particular instance I can remember? How can I process the pain of this experience?      

How can I make my heart more hospitable to others today?

In what ways can I learn or adjust in order to love people better?  Where are my potential blind spots?

As I look at my church community, how is God leading me to make us more joyful, friendly, inclusive, and spirit-filled?

PS- An anthem for Being Church, no matter whether or where we "go to church". Let's go love the world like Jesus does.