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One thing that "fell away" for me these last two years was my tolerance for weird Christian talk. It was my first language & thus entirely familiar, but now it raises the hair on the back of my neck. It all feels coded, a warning signal to keep insiders in and outsiders out.
If you are well-versed enough, it can be strategically employed to ignore the dire pain of people, especially people for whom the sterile language harmed immeasurably. It lacks any tender spirit, any beating heart. Plus it sounds super weird. Why can't Christians talk normal?
Defaulting to a cold recital of a verse in the face of someone's pain or identity or tension? You can miss me with that. None of it sounds like Jesus at all. It is designed to impress, to stay superior, to judge with a clear conscience, but the fruit of is rotten.
Plus it is lazy. You know what takes spiritual maturity? Engaging in real conversations like a grown up. Caring for someone's soul and belovedness. Managing nuance. Listening like a brother or sister instead of a self-appointed headmaster. Jesus is on his own throne.
We just need to DO BETTER. Stop talking weird, coded, Christianese. It only sounds righteous to religious people. Be a human person, flesh and blood. Stop hiding behind words that protect your spiritual pride. You don't need to defend Jesus; you need to represent him.
Self-correction: all the references to "you" should be replaced with "we." Christianese is my native tongue and I need to check my own self. Would I like you to handle your ish? YES, TWITTER. Also me too.
