It is subtly easy for us to become one step removed from Jesus. One way this happens is when we focus on the service (or the liturgy) rather than what the service / liturgy is supposed to point to.

Lots of people nowadays are telling you to unplug and just be. They often do this in the context of trying to make you feel guilty about how busy or connected you are.

I told them I was a pastor at a church and I was working on my sermon. As often happens, a chill fell on the conversation. They stayed polite, but made an exit.  In Canada, being a committed Christian is not the path to higher levels of social acceptance.

When orthodox Christian belief becomes one of several options in a church, denomination, mission or Christian movement, then sooner or later orthodox Christian faith will be seen as a threat, and excluded.