Performative Christianity: Why It Happens, What It Is, and How To Spot It

If you have to say that you are something, you are more than likely not that something.

Around this time five years ago, I got lunch with a childhood friend at a sandwich shop in Cleveland, Ohio. I’ve had lunch with many people before, and we hadn’t seen each other in a minute. But this was no ordinary lunch. I’m a big man with a big stomach- eating is a prerequisite for living well, as far as I’m concerned. However, I reached out to my friend to grab food not for getting nourishment of the stomach, but nourishment of the soul.