Are we Unchristian?

I recently attended an event in Atlanta called Catalyst. It's an exciting two day, high charged celebration of worship and great speaking from some of our best pastors and thinkers in the christian world. While there, a new book was unveiled called Unchristian by Dave Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons. The premise of the book is that people between the ages of 16 and 29 that consider themselves non-christians have a very negative perception about those of us who call ourselves christians. In fact, most of those surveyed for the book said that we're mostly known for what we're against. They would go as far to say that we dont represent what Jesus was known for, that our brand of christianity is nothing like the christianity that Jesus spoke of. That begs the question then, what has gone wrong? What have we been presenting to the nonchristian world that would give them this negative perception of what christians are about? Personally,I think that we have been so consumed with all the "sins" we're against that maybe we've forgotten what's more important and that's being friends with all kinds of people and loving people for who they are. Sure, they're are lots of issues that demand our attention that we should be against, but maybe it's time we let people know all the things we're for as well. Things like showing compassion to all people, serving the outcast, bringing justice to the oppressed and meeting the needs of the poor. Maybe we need to let our actions speak louder than our words. Jesus was very comfortable in the homes of those labeled as "sinners" by the religious crowd of his time. Maybe Jesus was on to something. Maybe those of us who call ourselves "Christ followers" need to spend more time following the way of Jesus and then see what happens to the negative perceptions. God help us make it so!