I’m a Quaker.

I grew up in the Friends (Quaker) Church, but my identity with Friends is due to my personal convictions. However, I realize I might not have found the Friends Church on my own. Friends as a denomination are small and diverse. We are everything from conservative evangelical to universalist. I’m a Christian and from my perspective the fundamental beliefs of Quakerism involve being a follower of Christ. Not all Quakers agree and I want to be as accepting of them as they are of me.

I hesitate to call myself an evangelical Christian, particularly on the same day that Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Using the same term to define my faith as what is used to identify Pat Robertson makes me uncomfortable today.

I wonder if Jesus is sometimes embarrassed by what we do and say.