churches have understood the Christian life into six themes:1 1. A prayer-filled life 2. A holy and virtuous life 3. A Spirit-empowered life 4. A compassionate or just life 5. A Word-centered life 6. A sacramental life I could easily find the church of my youth in the first, second, and fifth of these, because we were into prayer, holiness, and the Word, though our first note was about holiness. But these elements don’t exist on their own; it was my church that shaped, led, guided, and drove me