Have you ever sat across the table from a person who was on the phone throughout your conversation? I would like to say that I am never that person but often, I have been. It’s ironic how our desire to connect with people on the internet often stands in the way of our connecting with the human beings that are sitting right before us.
I am reading a fantastic book by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun called Spiritual Disciplines Handbook. In one of the chapters, “Unplugging”, Calhoun explains that, “Unplugging recognizes that personal beings are created for personal interaction by a personal God. We need to be in the presence of others. We need to be touched… We need uninterrupted spaces in our lives for the presence of God and the presence of others.”
My prayer for all of us is that we would willingly unplug and enjoy the power of the present and the people before us. Let’s help each other in this endeavor. You have my permission, if you are sitting across the table from me and I take out my phone, to kindly remind me that I wrote this post.
Seeking personal connection together,
Carol Marchant Gibbs
Stories Changing Lives