If ever there were a true "just as I am" church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them without neat and tidy happy endings quite yet, if ever there was a group where everyone was loved and no one pretended - we could not make enough room inside the building.


The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You (ed. Zondervan, 2009) - ISBN: 9780310572046

John Ortberg Quotes

If ever there were a true just as I am church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them...

If ever there were a true just as I am church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them...

If ever there were a true just as I am church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them...

If ever there were a true just as I am church, if ever there were a community where everybody could bring all their baggage and brokenness with them...