Words of wisdom... "What drives people away from Christ is the Christian who does not
know how to love. A string of cruel words from a Christian can destroy
another Christian. Over and over again people write to me to explain
why they left a church in bitterness and hurt, because of the
mercilessness of Christians who made them feel unwelcome, or even told
them to go away. I'm convinced that it takes immense courage to remain
in a church where one is surrounded by hostile voices; and yet we must
remain in our churches and we must answer hostility with meekness,
with gentleness, or simply not answer it at all!"
-- Author Anne Rice from Called Out of Darkness  ¶ 3/10/2009