The Lost Commandment Church

I just finished Don Miller's book, Blue Like Jazz. Great book.

Don's life is a testament to the importance of Christ's love and community in our lives. He felt accepted by hippies with whom he lived in the woods, and to some extent rejected by fellow camp counselors at a Christian summer camp. He was prone to being reclusive, but learned to love himself and others while living with five other Christian guys.

Christ's love and acceptance is expressed through other people. When we who call ourselves Christian are judgmental rather than loving, others may think that God thinks like we do. What a disaster.

Jesus wants us, as a Christian community, to be known by our love--by His love. I want to figure out how a church can learn to accept and express Christ's love to the world, so that the first place someone like Don would want to go is to church.