You Can Still Be Holy and...Not Be Holier Than Thou

ho·ly adjective /ˈhōlē/
:dedicated or devoted to the service of God, the church, or religion; pious; having a spiritually pure quality. 

I am a Christian. And as a Christian, I will say – sometimes Christians take life too seriously. After an illuminating conversation with a friend, I realized that the call to be holy often stands in the way of relaxation in life.

Here I will explore the experiences that lead me to believe we can still be holy without being legalistic or super intense (umm, Pharisees, anyone?).

Whether you’re a Christian or not, you could probably come up with examples of times when someone made you feel guilty about life decisions. I don’t even mean major life decisions – I mean, “why did you choose that shade of lipstick”-kind-of-decisions too. Which begs the question: why the heck do we do that?

So fill in the blank:

• You can still be holy and [date].
• You can still be holy and [like celebrities].
• You can still be holy and [have depression].
• You can still be holy and [be a social drinker].

You name it. We’ll talk about it.