Fair enough, I can seperate the 2. I'm compassionate, and a Christian. I feel they're related, but not necessarily so. I only commented though to suggest a course of action that might help for the OPer and not to talk about myself. If talking to the pastor won't help, I'd book as soon as I could find a place.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari