PREACHER’S NOTE 15 FEBRUARY 2026
As I write this, I know Christmas holidays are long gone.
I’ve been back at work for three weeks, and the rest and
time to find myself are fading fast. The plans I had to
change and do more meaningful and rewarding things
are taking a back seat to more pressing things. I’m constantly
in a hurry to finish urgent things, a knot in my stomach,
slightly short of breath, and riding surges of irritation
at slow traffic, or the supermarket queue, as my to-do list
awaits.
Strangely enough, I read a great book about just this
over the holidays, called ‘Ruthlessly Eliminate Hurry’ (or,
‘How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in
the Chaos of the Modern World)’, by a minister called
John Comer. So, I should know better. His argument is
that hurry is the enemy of a deep spiritual life, and that
resonates with me. If we hurry from thing to thing, we
never take the time to wrestle with and experience
depth and nuance in anything. That just seems to be the
modern world’s challenge, doesn’t it? Scrolling through
short reels on Facebook, communicating by social media
messages, wolfing down fast foods, just getting the next
thing done, so we can get to the evening, and to the
weekend.
But I feel your irritation – get to the point, Andrew. Here it
is: this Sunday, I’d love us to chat about this, and take
time to speak to our Lord – He knows we’re always rushing
past Him, focused on the next task, distracted. I have this
vision of Him trying to catch our attention – ‘Wait a minute,
I’ve got something important …’. And we’re gone.
His way is different, and He’d love us to experience His
peace and His joy. Shouldn’t we take some time to hear
what He has to say?
Blessings,
Andrew.