The news: Christianity Today reviews a new book exploring how Christians — and especially leaders — can cultivate genuine friendship with God in an age of profound distraction. The piece notes that Christians fare little better than the surrounding culture when it comes to scattered, disordered attention, overwhelmed by media, ministry demands, and the endless noise of digital life.
Why it matters for church leaders: Indian pastors are carrying enormous loads — Sunday services, pastoral counseling, administration, fundraising, community programs, and often bivocational responsibilities on top of it all. When the inner life suffers, ministry becomes performance. The most urgent need for many leaders is not a new strategy or tool — it's a recovered rhythm of genuine communion with God that sustains everything else.
The takeaway: Before your next leadership meeting or sermon prep session, schedule one uninterrupted hour this week with no agenda except being present with God — and protect it as fiercely as you would any important appointment.
Source: Christianity Today
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