"Who are you?"

Seems like an innocent enough question right?

"Who are you?"

A logical answer would be.

"I am ______ nice to meet you, and you are?"

But sometimes it seems that this is not enough.

And I wonder... Why must we class people according to WHO they are within the world? 

Particularly our world within the Church?

AND why have we created a world within the Church? When it is the world OUTSIDE of the Church that needs us the most. Is it not our duty to represent what IS the Church... no... what is CHRIST to the world that does not KNOW Christ??

So why has the question "Who are you?" (Who are you IN the Church, Who are you TO the church? etc....) Become so important??

Should it be?

Who are you?

Who am I?

Who am I in the Church?

Tonight I was asked this very question.

"Who are you?"

.... "I wish to know WHO you are to the Church. To OUR church (as in our denomination and diocese)"

With out pointing out what was happening through this question I hope you can see it. And I PRAY that as Christians who's work it is to NOT segregate the "regular" Joe's from the "clergy" or "people of the church" but rather see us all as ONE BODY in Christ through Christ and of Christ.

Never. Never,  should anyone be made to feel less important within the Christian community OR the WORLD because of their satus (or lack there of) ESPECIALLY within our Church.

Remember who you are.

Who are you?

"I am a disciple of Jesus Christ learning through the Anglican tradition."

For we are ALL connected through the disciple-ship of our Lord Jesus Christ.