“You see, the problem with distractions is that we cannot cultivate a contemplative life—one established securely in Christ, like Mary—if we are not present to the world as it is right in front of us. If I am always itching to be somewhere that more nearly matches my own desires, then I simply reinforce what is going on internally, and I don’t have a relationship to what is going on externally in my immediate surroundings. Distractions play into our unsettled hearts. A restless and relentless extension of superficially new experiences actually stunts our maturation and mires us in a kind of perpetual childishness.”
Sermon from the 10:00am service on 7/21/19
