There is a great song by Derek Webb called "tshirts." The idea of the song is that there are things that we do in our workplaces, homes, churches, and lives that speak much louder than our words do. I just got finished having a talk with our pastor about this very thing, and the song came to mind. Here are the lyrics.

They'll know us by the t-shirts that we wear
They'll know us by the way we point and stare
At anyone who's sin looks worse than our, who cannot hide the scars
of this curse that we all bear.

And they'll know us by our picket lines and signs.
They'll know us by the pride we hide behind
Like anyone in living right, isn't that why Jesus died
Not to make us think we're right.

When love, love, love is what we should be known for.
Love, love, love, it's the how and it's the why
We live and breathe and we die.

They'll know us by the reasons we divide
And how we can't seem to unify
Because we've gotta sing songs a certain style, or we'll walk right down that aisle
And leave 'em all behind

They'll know us by the billboards that we make
Just turning God's words to cheap cliche's
Says, "what part of murder don't you understand, bu we hate our fellow man
And point a finger at his grave

When love, love, love is what we should be known for.
Love, love, love, it's the how and it's the why
We live and breathe and we die.


What are the things in our life, family, church, and workplace that we are doing that cause people to not be able to look past our lives to even get a glimpse of Christ?