Sermon Easter 5B

How did we get to this point in the life of the Church
where the people who are supposed to be teaching people how to pray
are being encouraged to take the drastic step of taking time for prayer?
I think it is because we have absorbed so uncritically the message of our culture
that we are justified by what we do and how much we do
that we have to be reminded to pray.
And I think it is because we have forgotten that in all things
we are dependent upon God and our neighbor
that so many Christians, not just pastors, but Christians, burn out.