Putting Away All Bitterness and Anger

Yesterday morning my family stayed home from church. We also stayed home from church the Sunday before that. Before you go wondering, let me assure you our reasons for staying home were not anger and bitterness. The sky is blue, the grass is green, and Lauren is pregnant. And with pregnancy at this stage also comes nausea and fatigue. So we felt it best to stay home and help her (and the rest of us) rest from the previous week, and rest up for the week ahead. But a friend of mine who listens regularly to this podcast reached out to me to express concern with the bitterness I harbor for previous bad experiences with church. And I want to take his concerns and feedback seriously.  So in the spirit of thinking through how I'm doing on this front, let's take a look at Ephesians 4:17-32. If you too like me have been hurt and betrayed in bad experiences in church, listen in. And hopefully we can all come away with a recalibrated understanding and sentiment on this thing and others besides.