Hello, Sing 22. This is David Mathis coming to you from Cities Church in St Paul, Minnesota,

from one of the pastors and where we have some construction and renovations going on, so welcome into that. I am especially excited to talk to you

today as fellow pastors, as worship leaders, as ministers of music, as soloists, as instrumentalists, about one leadership as

instrumentalists,

about one of the most practical and important topics

that I think we could discuss today.

For one, in talking about the secret liturgies of spiritual leaders, we are talking

about a timeless topic. This is relevant in every generation. It has been for decades. It has

been for centuries. so it's timeless. For another, this is a crucial topic.

You cannot minister well to others for long without some relative health and life in your own soul.

And so the Apostle Paul said to his sidekick Timothy in 1st

Timothy, in 1st Timothy 416, keep a close watch on yourself, that is, in private, in secret, keep a close

watch on yourself and on the teaching.

And Paul said to the elders, the pastors, in Epus in acts 2028, keep a watch on yourselves, that is in private,

in secret, as well as on the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. So this is a timeless

topic, secret liturgies, and it's crucial. And it's also very timely in our day. The age of accelerations in which we live, according to columnist Thomas

Friedman, who says that in the age of accelerations some of us just need permission to slow down. Here's what

Friedman says. The pace of technology and scientific change outstrips the speed with which human beings and societies can usually adapt.

We are living through one of the greatest inflection points in history,

perhaps unequal since Gutenberg, he says.

A German blacksmith and printer

launched the printing revolution in Europe,

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