Christ plays in the community of people with whom we live, and we want to get in on the play. We see what Christ does in creation and history and we want in on it, firsthand with our families and friends and neighbors. But difficulties arrive. Soon or late those of us who follow Jesus find ourselves in the company of men and women who also want to get in on it. It doesn't take us long to realize that many of these fellow volunteers and workers aren't much to our liking, and some of them we actively dislike -- a mixed bag of saints and sinners, the saints sometimes harder to put with than the sinners. Jesus doesn't seem to be very discriminating in the children he lets into his kitchen to help with the cooking.
Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places
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