From the book: “Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken “Membership in a local church means ‘joining your imperfect self to many other imperfect selves to form an imperfect community that, through Jesus, embarks on a journey toward a better future… together.’” (p. 125) This doesn’t mean that it is easy. Not even the 1st century churches were without their challenges. Most of the...

From the book: “Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community” by Brett McCracken “Discipleship is cross-cultural. When we meet Jesus around people who are just like us and then continue to follow Jesus with people who are just like us, we stifle our growth in Christ and open ourselves up to a world of division.” – Christena Cleveland (p. 135) This statement is not about cross-racial, cross-gender, or cross-aged...