noise and a drink of irony

Stopping is difficult.

Mike shared on an important topic today at Eikon: noise. Do you ever feel naked if you leave your house without your mobile? I do. In the 24-hour news cycle, and the whole host of new technologies at our fingertips, all of which are designed to allow us to do more things at one time. But does that really make us more productive as individuals?

I remember Andy Stanley sharing that complexity is easy. Busyness is easy. That just happens. The skill is simplifying life. We've been working hard at improving this in our lives.

Kate and I rarely stop. We may not always be "working", but the line between work and play is blurry in ministry because it's not a job, it's a calling. It's not 9-5, it's all the time, especially a church-plant. It's not a complaint, it just requires a degree of discipline and maintaining a few things in life that are constant.

Today Kate's mobile and my ipod were stolen. I had to laugh at the irony.