"It is not hard to see the concrete and oppressive form that the flight from God takes today. There is, for example, no field of expertise in human affairs where interaction with God is a part of the subject matter or practice that must be mastered in order to be judged competent. This is true of chemistry and public administration, but it is also true of education, nursing, police work, and often, astonishingly, Christian Ministry itself. It is true of marriage and parenting. Just observe how people are taught and certified or judged competent in any of these fields, and you will be staring the flight from God straight in the face.
All of us live in such a world, for we live by our competencies. Our souls are, accordingly, soaked with secularity....
The real world has little room for a god of sparrows and children."
(Dallas Willard. The Divine Conspiracy)
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