Christians are not unifying people. Or people who are not Christians don't think we are. We have certain beliefs and practices that put us at odds with the culture at large. However, Christianity is built on certain counter-intuitive ideas that inspire awe and draw people together in unity.

This come-and-see model of ministry we’ve developed over the past 100 years has produced several generations of Christians who assume church is about them, for them, and because of them. So they shop around.

But what if we pastors are only sleeping in the bed we’ve made for ourselves? What if we have a consumer-driven Christian culture because we’ve been selling a product instead of embodying a mission?