Many people today carry a quiet question
about the church.
If Jesus taught love, humility, and compassion…
why hasn’t the Christian church always lived those values well?
If you’ve wrestled with that question, you’re not alone.
Many thoughtful people — including people of deep faith — have asked the very same thing.
And here at Resurrection OB, we believe those questions are worth taking seriously.
This tension isn’t new.
The Indian spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi once reflected on the difference between the teachings of Jesus and how Christians sometimes live them:
“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians.
Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
For many people today, that observation still captures something real.
The teachings of Jesus are meaningful and beneficial.
&
The Church, at times, has struggled to live them fully.
As Episcopalian Christians, we believe faith is something we practice together.
One of the ways we do that is through a set of promises we renew in baptism — simple commitments that shape how we try to live our faith in the world.
Two of those promises guide us especially:
Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?
And our answer is always the same:
“We will, with God’s help.”
Not because we believe we do it perfectly.
But because we believe following Jesus means continually learning how to live those values more fully — together.
Together,
Who Are We…
