As the distance has grown from my years as a pastor, I am learning that when my beliefs have nothing to do with my platform or my church or my ongoing employment, the only question I’m trying to get answered is whether or not my Christianity has any positive impact on the lives of my neighbors, my family, my psychotherapy patients and the members of my community most in need. If Christianity only matters for what happens to me and to people a lot like me after we die or even while we are alive (to the great detriment of others who aren’t like us), then I can’t say I find Christianity all that interesting as a philosophy or religious identity.
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