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Wasted time

February 3, 2025 Mark Brians

…in our efficiency addicted culture in which all our minutes must weigh on the scales of utility such moments are fertile for frustration. “Waste of time!” we mutter under our breath when the TSA agent pulls someone aside and stalls the line. We look-up “life-hacks” (wicked terrible evil phrase) to help us avoid the waste of time —which help us make all our moments of waiting ultimately productive and efficient. “Because we look at life exclusively from the perspective of work and performance, we view inactivity as a deficiency that must be overcome as quickly as possible” explains Byung-Chul Han (2024: 1)…

Prayer ministry after the service?

December 2, 2024 Mark Brians

What is this?

Anglican worship ends with this surging rush of Gospel mission. Having come up to the Lord’s Table and feasted with Him, we are sent-out with his benediction into the world, filled with the Spirit, set-ablaze with his love, shod with his peace, armed with his Word, “Therefore let us go forth into the world, rejoicing in the power of the spirit” says the deacon. “Thanks be to God!” we cry aloud. This is not a safe thing, a quiet departure, a slow shuffling out the door, it is not a liturgical way of saying “you-don’t-have-to-go-home-but-you-can’t-stay-here.” It is the marching song of martyrs –a word means “witness” …