Jennifer,

Your piece reminds me of the old question: What's the difference between a firefighter and everyone else? The direction they're facing and what they're doing when everybody else is scared and running away. The people who escaped from the burning building are the ones giving emotional statements to TV reporters about how dangerous it was, how thankful they are to be outside and how much they appreciate the firefighters. But as the firefighters about what happened and the answer you're likely to get is closer to, "we got the job done." 

More people in our church need to learn how to fight spiritual fires instead of just fanning the flames of discord.