power of God’s grace, so we can flourish as the people of God in this world. The purpose of the church is to be the kingdom in the present world, and the Christian life is all about learning to live into that kingdom reality in the here and now. Jen Hatmaker is a mom of two adopted kids from Ethiopia, and she took her adopted kids and three “bio” kids to a camp. I pick her story up there because it beautifully illustrates what the church is supposed to be and what the Christian life