What if the Church lived out its life in such a way that others could not help but see it?
What if Christians were so different that society became long-neck gawkers when looking to see what the people in the parish were up to?
What if Christians were the people at which children and adults pointed their fingers and said, “Hey, look at that!”?
What if we so lived the love, compassion, peace, and hope in God in such a way that other people put down their smart phones and started wondering what was going on?
What if we were truly transformed into the very people of God? Wouldn’t it be fun, exciting and wonderful if people were lining the sidewalks around our churches just to see what makes us so odd?
My Commentary:
What if the Church became visible again — not because it shouted louder, argued harder, or branded itself better, but because it lived differently?
The early Christians didn’t capture attention with programs or platforms. They captured it with lives that didn’t quite make sense to the surrounding culture. They loved when it cost them. They forgave when revenge was expected. They shared when others hoarded. Their faith wasn’t hidden, yet it wasn’t advertised. It simply showed up — in how they treated the poor, the sick, the stranger, and even their enemies.
Imagine Christians today living with such quiet courage and contagious joy that people paused — not to criticize, but to wonder. Imagine neighbors noticing patience where there should be anger, generosity where there should be fear, peace where anxiety usually reigns. Imagine a Church so rooted in love and hope that it interrupted the constant buzz of distraction, causing people to look up from their screens and ask, “What’s going on there?”
This kind of attention wouldn’t come from trying to be odd. It would come from being faithful. It would flow from lives shaped by prayer, compassion, humility, and trust in God rather than by outrage or self-protection. Transformation, after all, is not cosmetic — it is deep, slow, and unmistakable.
And yes, wouldn’t it be wonderful if people gathered not out of curiosity for spectacle, but out of hunger for meaning? If they lined the sidewalks not to be entertained, but to glimpse a community living as if God truly mattered?
That kind of Church wouldn’t just be seen.
It would be impossible to ignore.
Why do YOU think that Christians today choose not to live the way the Early Christians who knew Jesus chose to live?
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