All I Really Want. Quinn G. Caldwell

Christians may not make it to church much, but Jesus points out that God cares more about what we do out in the vineyard than about what we do when the authorities are looking. Who knows what miracles of grace were born this year through that guy sitting next to you whom you haven’t seen since last April?

      This year, if you’re an every-Sunday type, give C&E churchgoers a break. Welcome them without cynicism. Thank God for bringing you together. Be sure to invite them back.

      And if you’re a C&E type, or one of those lightning-will-strike-if-I-set-foot-in-a-church type, don’t slink into the back row; walk in like you belong there because you do.

      God, however often I find myself in church, help me act like I’m yours when I’m outside it, too. Amen.