We're spending a few days in the lower Florida Keys.  It has taken 3 days to transition from the frenetic pace of Jersey to the laid back pace of the lower keys.  Driving on highly enforced 35 mph roads seemed like slow death until I realized I didn't have to be anywhere fast or there wasn't something in life I was missing.  No tv, amusements, schedules...could this be what heaven is like?  Slowing down my external pace has enhanced the pace of my interior exploration - taking time to think about what is really important:  walking in tune with the Spirit, enjoying family, relationships.  I wonder if we (Christians) are missing something in our pursuit of programs and activities.  Could we be shrinking the capacity of our interior by overscheduling our lives, whether at church or in general?  I think so.  As a pastor I'm driven by a desire for people to walk in tune with God. I want to walk in tune with God.  Yet I wonder if we are spiritually crippling our people rather than teaching them to run the race God has set before us when our faith - our church - is defined through the grid of our western culture?  Maybe so.