Speaking as a liberal Christian myself my issue is not with my brothers and sisters in Christ nor is it with the body of Christ. My issue is with the way how Christian faith has been horribly applied but especially in America. My heart breaks when my brothers and sisters in Christ misuse scripture as a weapon against many people including women, LGBT people, people of different religions, persons of color or against more liberal Christians like myself) I get frustrated when people misuse the names of God and Christ to justify hatred, injustice, intolerance, dogmatism and exclusion. It makes me sick in my stomach to hear of churches that won't defend basic human rights including freedom of religion, of churches that violate the American tradition of separation of church and state or churches that drag themselves into the sins of nationalism and blind patriotism. The God I serve and worship is the God of all peoples no matter who they are or where they find themselves on the journey of faith. The God I serve and love is a God that creates all humankind in the divine image and holds them all in radical grace and love. The Jesus I follow is the one who says, "My kingdom is not of this world", to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. The Jesus who sat and associated with prostitutes, tax collectors and other social undesirables, the one who tells us to forgive and love our enemies, to give everything we have to the poor, to deny ourselves, to take up our cross and follow him. The Jesus who taught that the Kingdom of God is in our midst and that following in the prophets who came before him we are called to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.