Stop Talking About God I believe the Church has been talking about God long enough now. A change awaits us. People know enough about God. They know what God likes and doesn't like and how God would generally want them to live their lives. It seems, to us and to them, that we keep repeating ourselves. Like I said, we've been talking about God for long enough now. It's time to stop talking about God and start connecting our children, our neighbors, and our friends to God. It's time to help them taste and see that the Lord is good. Not "sit and think", but taste and see! If we're pretty excited about introducing our friend to someone, we might talk about it for a while, telling our friend all about this new person and how amazing they are. But if we never manage to introduce them, our friend will get tired of the same old stories. It is the relationship that is important, not the knowledge. Sure, this makes sense, but it gets pretty complicated when you start talking about God. How do you actually introduce someone to the Spirit of Christ?! The most significant way, I think, is to model the relationship. The first question, if you are serious about moving your circle of influence beyond the “intellectualization” of Christianity, is to ask yourself whether you feel you are experiencing intimacy with Christ. Christian mysticism is about spirit meeting spirit and forming a bond. The most important task you can do as an ambassador for Christ is to spend time with God yourself. Even if it reduces the time you would have liked to dedicate to "ministry". Spending some time enjoying God's presence, knowing that God is enjoying yours too, will do more for those around you than any words you can come up with. If you have a sense of intimacy with Christ, you will be able to do more than simply talk about God. Creating some guidelines for personal "Sabbath time" with the Lover in your life will be a meaningful ministry to those who find themselves in your circle of influence. . Six years ago I committed to spending one morning a week at a retreat center reading and meditating.