Being a "Christian" in the 21st century is an interesting endeavor.  Seems like mostly it is about how we feel...loved, comforted, supported, challenged (perhaps), peaceful.  (Because that is what we mostly talk with each other about.)  We act like it is mostly about what we think...virgin birth, how we practice baptism, Lord's Supper practices, who can serve as ordained clergy.  (Because that is what we spend our energy fighting about.)

So what do we actually do with our faith?  With our identity as "Christian."

Shirley Guthrie (Christian Doctrine) shares an interesting comment (p. 272):

To be a Christian is not just to expect the presence of God in the depths of our own and others' suffering; it is to expect the active work of God in our individual lives, in the church, and in the world to create a new humanity in a new world in which the life, justice, and peace of the kingdom of God will finally triumph over the powers of sin, evil, suffering, injustice, and death.  

How, if we expected "work" and not a feeling or a belief, would our participation in this practice we call Christianity change?  And the specific "work" is the creation of a new humanity...

Maybe instead of Amazing Grace, our new theme song could be the the Dwarves song from Snow White...Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work we Go!