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“A while back a former gang member came to our church. He was heavily tattooed and rough around the edges, but he was curious to see what church was like. He had a relationship with Jesus and seemed to get fairly involved with the church. After a few months, I found out the guy was no longer coming to the church. When asked why he didn’t come anymore, he gave the following explanation: “I had the wrong idea of what church was going to be like. When I joined the church, I thought it was going to be like joining a gang. You see, in the gangs we weren’t just nice to each other once a week—we were family.” That killed me because I knew that what he expected is what the church is intended to be. It saddened me to think that a gang could paint a better picture of commitment, loyalty, and family than the local church body. The church is intended to be a beautiful place of community. A place where wealth is shared and when one suffers, everyone suffers. A place where when one rejoices, everyone rejoices. A place where everyone experiences real love and acceptance in the midst of great honesty about our brokenness. Yet most of the time this is not even close to how we would describe our churches.”
– Francis Chan (via nonelikejesus)
“I am a person who struggles. I am a person who dreams and feels and believes. Today was a good day. And I will live again tomorrow.”
– Jamie Tworkowski
“There is pain in my life. And there is hope. It’s been a battle for as long as i can remember. There have been seasons rich and bright, and seasons dark and sorrow. Life is both.”
– Jamie Tworkowski
Can someone please teach Matt Capps how to pitch? Thanks.
If you’ve ever had a crush on me God bless your poor misguided heart.
I really shouldn’t go to Taco Bell at one in the morning.
Was driving home and hit the world’s dumbest bird. Seriously the stupid little guy didn’t even fly away. I cried though. Poor thing. First time I’ve ever killed anything bigger than a bug.
And then when I was almost home, a cat ran out right in front of me and I thought I was gonna hit that, too. I would have bawled my eyes out. I love cats. So much.
