Sterling Terrell

recovering economist

The Cost Of Religion Over Relationship

The Cost Of Religion Over Relationship

What is the cost of investing in religion over relationship?

Maybe everything.

Maybe there is a silent atrocity in getting caught up in a religious habit.

Maybe time is what we are urged to squander.

“I believe that the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man’s mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God.”

–Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz

We Just Lost Track Of The Time, Didn’t We?

We Just Lost Track Of The Time, Didn’t We?

Ever say you simply lost track of the time?

If you have, it was probably because you were doing something you love.

  • Watching a movie.
  • Playing with your children.
  • Reading a book.
  • Cheering your favorite football team to victory.
  • Maybe visiting with a long-time friend.

But things you love can also be a great indicator or what you should be doing.

Sometimes all that work does not feel so much like work.

So, what are you doing?

“It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they’re not aware of time or solitude while they’re chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, “Suppertime!”“

–Steven Pressfield, The War Of Art

Sterling Terrell