Hi Cam

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You had me wanting to stand-up and cheer at, "Hope is the real fuel of the church, but too often we are met with hype."  That is SO true and I see it repeated over and over again in so many churches. As a musician and one who loves great production, ironinically I find myself far more drawn to simple, soulful, even rough-around-the-edges worship art than slick, perfect, and recycled worship. Similarly, I'd rather hear a humble person with a broken past proclaim the depth of God's grace in stammering words than someone who's isolated themselves in a world so exclussively religious that, while never having to confess one of "those" sins, they end-up with an arrogance that makes them incomparable and unapproachable by others. 
Thank God He sees us for what He made us to be, for His image, and not necssarily for what we allow ourselves to become. Inside or outside the church, it isn't necessarily pretty. But there is great beauty in a community of imperfect people seeking to know and pursue the God who first loved them. 