In this age of the megachurch, our culture worship doing. We put busy people on pedastals -- especially if the busyness results in bigger and more.

But when you take the pagan worship of busness and add to it the biblical mandate to reach the world, you have a lethal combination. The church has baptized busyness and activity and basically formed a pact with the devil. This pact has succeeded in silencing those who criticize the trend toward hectic, overworked, burned-ou, spiritually dry ministers who -- in the "name of God"-- neglect their families, their souls and their physical well-being.

Mike Yaconelli