The Office

I really, really, really love The Office. In fact, I think I'm obsessed with it. I'm not sure why I love it so much, but I do. For some reason, it really hits me. I think it's something everyone can relate to. Everyone has loved someone that hasn't loved them back. Everyone has been hated by someone for no reason. Everyone has been the awkward one that was left out. Everyone has been singled out. And I think that's what's so great about The Office.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." Sometimes, I feel like churches take this tone. I'm not going to go into naming them or denominations or anything like that, but I really do feel that way. Sometimes, churches open their doors, say "come on in" and then send people out with their rude assumptions and unkind words. I'm all for speaking the Gospel and the Truth (same thing), but there are some things that don't need to be said. Sometimes you can let things slide, and welcome PEOPLE over their sins. You can. It's possible.

I love St. Peter's. I can't explain why. I can't explain what is so appealing to me, but it is. I love the feeling of being connected with other Christians in such an intimate way. I really can't explain why, I think it's something that comes with knowing Christ and feeling His spirit. Some sort of connection... But I feel it at St. Peter's. And not just at church with our hands held high praising, but around the dinner table at Decent Pizza, and in regular conversation.

It makes me wish that all conversations could be like these. That all relationships were the same with non-Christians alike. I can't even begin to describe how different it is to be friends with my Christian friends than my non-Christians. The Christians know me in a way nobody else ever will. They understand a part of me. I can explain it to my non-Christian friends, but until they experience what's at the center of my heart and the center of my life, they'll never fully understand it. I'm not saying this to be mean, or rude, or condescending. I just know that I found something in Christ, and understood things about other Christians, a lot more when I became one myself.

All that to say, "Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for corporate, so he's really not a part of our family. Also, he's divorced, so he's really not a part of his family. "