During the Apostle Paul's second missionary journey, in 52 A.D., he visited Corinth, where he established a church of vibrant new Christians. Despite various growing pains, Paul continued to encourage, rebuke when necessary, and exhort this new fellowship that he loved so dearly.
I was reading 2Corinthians chapter three this weekend and the first three verses really highlighted for me the reality of the impact that my lifestyle has on an unbelieving world. Do I live my life with integrity and do my actions clearly demonstrate the things I profess to believe? As Paul states:

"You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is of the heart".

My life is an epistle of Christ. Am I really living up to that standard? Certainly not on my own, but when I allow God's Spirit to really lead me, the world will see a living epistle of Christ. Now, if only all the players involved in these shameful scandals at Calvary of Albuquerque, from the top on down, would examine themselves in light of being a living epistle of Christ, and allow God's Spirit to transform this chapter of their epistle, then maybe an unbelieving world would see true Christianity, rather than a microcosm of Enron characterized by pride, greed, power struggles and spin doctors.