Welcome Home!
There’s something beautiful that happens when we begin to understand who God really is.
Not just the rules. Not just the rituals. Not the building on the corner with the steeple and the parking lot. But God Himself – the One who is, at His very core, Love.
This isn’t religious jargon. It’s the truth that changes everything.
God is Love. The Father who sent His Son. Jesus who gave His life for ours. The Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guiding us, correcting us, comforting us when the world feels too heavy to bear. Without Them – without these sacrifices made on our behalf – we wouldn’t have what we’re about to talk about.
We wouldn’t have the Church.
The Church You Carry With You
Here’s where things get interesting, and maybe a little countercultural.
The Church isn’t a building. It never was.
“There are so many people who come to Church and know the ‘building’ but not the Builder,” Sheila Walsh once said. And she’s right. We’ve confused the address with the family. The structure with the body.
The Church – the real Church – is made up of people. Everyday people like you and me who love Jesus and want to make a difference in this world. We are His ambassadors. We carry His presence wherever we go.
- Into grocery stores and office buildings.
- Into difficult conversations and moments of celebration.
- Into the mundane Tuesdays and the crisis Fridays.
You are the Church when you are at your desk.
When you are in your car / on the bus / on the train.
When you’re having coffee with a friend who’s falling apart.
The Church is the bride of Christ, and she doesn’t live at an address. She lives in you.
The House Where We Come Home
But here’s the other beautiful truth: while we are the Church everywhere we go, we also come to the House of God.
Not because God only lives there. But because we need to come Home.
Think of it like this: You are a ambassador sent into a foreign land. You carry your citizenship with you wherever you go. You represent your King in every interaction. But you still need the embassy—that place where you can return, be refreshed, remember who you are and whose you are, before you go back out into the field.
That’s what gathering together is for. It’s not about obligation. It’s about replenishment.
We come to worship together, not because God needs our songs, but because our souls need to remember His goodness. We come to hear the Word, not because we’ve forgotten everything, but because we need to be recentered on His Truth before we walk back into a world of lies. We come to fellowship with other believers, not because we’re too weak to stand alone, but because we were never meant to.
The House of God is where we refuel. Where we’re reminded. Where we find our people and remember we’re not doing this alone.
And then we go back out—into our schools, our workplaces, our neighborhoods—carrying the Church with us, filled up and ready to love the world the way Jesus does.
You Belong Here
If you’re reading this and you’re not sure where you fit, let us be clear: you belong here.
Jesus loves you. And so do we.
You are not a stranger. You are not an outsider. You are not too far gone or too messed up or too late. You are Home.
“…And on this rock, I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
~ Matthew 16:18
He’s building something, and He wants to build it with you.
Listen to how The Message translation puts it in Ephesians 2:19-22:
“You are no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You are no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a Home. He’s using us all – irrespective of how we got here – in what He is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now He’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at Home.“
Brick by brick. Stone by stone. He’s using you.
Welcome Home.
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