Yesterday, Rachel Held Evans talked about a unique way of thinking about our faith-based worldview, particular as a patch-quilt maker focusing only on their own square, not the whole quilt. I tried to follow suit, and this is what I came up with:

* I care a lot about being in relationships with other people who aren't Christians
* I care about living and talking about my faith that is welcoming to others
* I care about giving freedom to those around me to be who they are, not a type of person they think I would want them to be
* I care about giving financially to the poorest in our world, even if that means not giving to my local church
* I care about my small group, living deeply together and building a strong community of support and openness.

I'm sure there are others, but this is where I started. Absent from this list is focus on family, but family is within the center of who I am. Without my wife and children, this worldview who crumble pretty quickly and be altered significantly. A bigger question for me is how this focus will change for me over time.