The towering, mysterious truths about the being of God cannot fit into a podcast that we listen to on our drive into work for our fifth meeting of the week while stopping off at our favorite niche coffee shop along the way. Efficiency and pragmatism can be helpful values, but not when they become so axiomatic that they leave no room for what is transcendent and eternal. In the midst of such a dizzying pace, that which is accessible and actionable often becomes most prized. People must be cared for, services must be planned for, songs must be practiced for, and there is nothing that the grind of normal life stops for. Every day confronts us with a litany of many good things that must be attended to, so much so that most of us end the day with at least a mild sense of anxiety over what was not accomplished. As strange as it might sound at first, it is not at all uncommon for God to be neglected in the frenetic shuffle of ministry in the 21st century.
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