We need a Different Kind of Testimony

In her book, Grace for the Good Girl, Emily P. Freeman charts her early years growing up in the church believing in grace but living according to the rules of perfection. One thing that would, and could have helped, is if her church could have modeled that very real, and problematic approach to life. This is how Freeman puts it:

Growing up in the church, I heard a lot of testimonies from people who went from bad to Jesus. Their lives…