"Father, let me forget to get cupcake liners and frosting from the store, but let me not forget to be missional wherever I am at." That's my prayer as I write this. Earlier Kimberly asked me to run to the store to pick up cupcake liners and frosting because she forgot them at the store. Granted, she was starting on the cupcakes and didn't feel like moving much because she did a total body workout this week with an instructor who was a Nazi in a previous life (to quote Kimberly). Thankfully Jesus gave me strength to love my wife and go. As I was checking out, I forgot that I was wearing my New City church shirt when the cashier said, "New City church? What is that all about?" To which I replied, "Well, we are a new plant in downtown Macon at the Cox Capitol Theatre." "O.k." She said. "Tell me about it. How does your church differ from my Baptist church?" At this point I got really excited because this is no ordinary question. "We don't focus on religion or a list of do's and don’ts." I said. "We just focus on Jesus and the Bible and reaching people. We're laid back. We have Starbucks serve coffee at 10:00 a.m." "Are you serious?" She said. "You know, that makes sense. Most people don't want to go through the tradition of most churches. I know when I go to church I want to be told what I'm supposed to do. I know what I'm not supposed to do, but I want to hear what I'm supposed to do." At this point she was done checking me out and not wanting to tick the person off behind me I said, "We are online if you want to check us out." "I will", she said. You know, even more than being told what we are supposed to, the gospel, when it is preached, transforms the human heart to see what Jesus has already done. It is by faith we are saved and sanctified and perform good works. Legalism only dusts off the surface of our behavior, but the gospel comes in with a heart transplant. I thought of this as I was leaving and thanking Jesus for His mission.