If the church were Christian

Quaker pastor Philip Gulley suggests ten standards for rediscovering the values of Jesus. He writes that, if the church were Christian:

• Jesus would be a model for living, not an object of worship
• affirming our potential would be more important than condemning our brokenness
• reconciliation would be valued over judgment
• gracious behavior would be more important than right belief
• inviting questions would be more important than supplying answers
• encouraging personal exploration would be more important than communal uniformity
• meeting needs would be more important than maintaining institutions
• peace would be more important than power
• it would care more about love and less about sex
• this life would be more important than the afterlife

Gulley's book looks like a must-read to me. HT to Richard Rohr.