98%

My friend JoC and I had one of those deep-hearted conversations the other night. I mentioned that 98% of my friends are Christian. But 

98% of my life is lived in non-Christian environments.

Like a lot of you I spend most of my days working, shopping, playing, listening, being in the "real" world. And I can definitely say that I may be only showing 50% of my 98% self. I reason that sometimes it's just best not to rock the boat, not to walk on water, and just go with the flow.

Authentic has been a big theme for me this year. What about me is authentic, the 98%? Or am I more authentic, relate-able, when I'm at 50%? And what about me is not authentic, not real, un-relate-able?

That's backwards isn't it? Do you need to relate to me? Or is it the other way around, I need to relate to you?

We're to have deep-hearted conversations, the kind that make men reveal their hang-ups, women to reveal their hurts, and all of us to cry out and lay it down already.

I know my authenticity–my identity–isn't social networks, consumerism, technology, religion. It's not Facebook; my job; nano5, Mac, shoes, designer clothes; where I go to church, or what neighborhood I live in.

I know my ID.

Our true identity is flat and plain, not puffed up with the wrong kind of ingredient...So let's live out our part..., not as raised bread swollen with the yeast of evil, but as flat bread—simple, genuine, unpretentious. (1 Corinthians 5:6-8,The Message)

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