With my job, I have the joy of visiting many churches around the country, encouraging people to read Christian books.
A few weeks ago I was handed the order of service which those leading were using, and was looking out for where my slot was in the service. The church had kindly given me four minutes to excite the congregation about reading and using books. As I perused the schedule further though, I saw next to several items lower down the words, ‘(If we have time)’…
My insecurities kicked in. Was I stealing time from something else more important? Was I wasting precious minutes? Could something else have been done which would have more beneficial than the promotion of Christian books? Had the minister got his priorities wrong? Was he barking up the wrong tree?
