Recognizable

"Two people whose opinion I respect told me that the word 'Christian' would turn people off. This certainly says something about the state of Christianity today.

I wouldn't mind if to be a Christian were accepted as being the dangerous thing which it is;

I wouldn't mind if, when a group of Christians meet for bread and wine, we might well be interrupted and jailed for subversive activities;

I wouldn't mind if, once again, we were being thrown to the lions.

I do mind, desperately, that the word 'Christian' means for so many people smugness, and piosity, and holier-than-thouness.

Who, today, can recognize a Christian because of of 'how Christians love one another?' "

~ Madeleine L'Engle

(I know. I quote her a lot. I can't help myself.)