Author: sharonhoddemiller

God never called us to be nice.What happens when we replace courage with compromise? What happens when we replace honesty with likability? What happens when we replace conviction with clichés? What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice?We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, … peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. When we choose to be nice instead of…