The Millers are going to intentionally enter into relationships with other Christians. Not going to ’join’ this church or that church, but ’be’ Church WITH other Christians in our community and let Christ lead.

Us being Church along the way. Living as an example. A testimony. Something will come of this. I pray that we do not settle for a “stand up, sit down, turn around”, “Sunday-Centric” idea of church. We are choosing to live this. Not go to it and then not grow in relationship with Christ for years, just sitting in the same pew week after week-year after year and never seeing the Kingdom grow in all its glory. Because we kept it in our buildings and our programs and lessons.

No one sees the Church outside of the building on Sunday. They see it on television pushing gays out the front and back doors. They see the Priests with the children. (you shouldn’t have to think of what you thought about after reading that sentence.) They see us separate from the world and go into our buildings and do things that no one else does and then they see us, as Church, walk out the doors not to be ’Church’ again until Sunday or maybe Wednesday for a couple of hours. What we have…what we are should be making a difference in the world. It should be visible and known as the ’Church’ doing it.

We ask the question, “where would Jesus be if he were here today?” After we come up with some answers we realize, for the most part, it would not be in our buildings. Second, we should realize how silly it is to say, “IF He were here”….

If the world does not see Him at work and play in these places….it is our fault. What if Jesus hadn’t gone into those places? What if it wasn’t brought to the Gentiles? Where would you be? Jesus didn’t separate the “secular” from the “sacred”. His life (heart-body-mind-time), the “secular”, was his teaching ….His ministry…The Gospel…The “sacred”. Our lives shouldn’t be separated into either/or. Jesus’ life was both/and. …

I intend for this to be my last rant about what the church is not or is for a while. Hopefully this space will be about us ’being’ Church. Our life. Our journey. Our relationships. You.