Crank it up or turn it off
Today I met with someone who politely kicked my ass.
There we sat on Commercial Drive, Madeleine gesticulating wildly, and he telling me he’d just closed down his facebook and twitter accounts simultaneously. He, a media professional with 1500+ ‘friends.’ He felt called to do it in faith. He is desperate for clarity, focus, the voice of the Maker, to direct his steps, to not let his life slip away in mediocrity.
“I keep hearing — “Crank it up or turn it off,” he said. His words slayed me. They’re ringing in my ears.
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I love it too. Reminds me of a quote I read recently about architecture and design. Anything you include in your home should be useful or beautiful, all else is noise. This seems to express the same idea to me, put your all into it, all else is distraction. Good post.
I’ve read that idea before too, Dirk. It’s so true.
I’m not sure I’m on side. I do love the enthusiastic “all or nothing” sort of approach, and that resonates with my hyper-organized, intentional personality. But I also love to dabble. I like a little Bach in the evening; I don’t have the score out, I’m not singing along, it’s just there, subtly, inviting me into its more glorious moments but not the focus of the night. It’s not ADD activism to do a little here, and a little there; even if at times it feels disingenuous and dangerously partial. We all need rough edges in our lives.
Rob, I agree with what you’re saying and I think my friend would too. In fact, I know he would. What he was saying in the wider context of our conversation (which I didn’t include here) is that with the commitments and projects in his life — he is hearing God challenging him to be in or out. All in. I resonate so much with this. It’s so easy to spread ourselves thin and leave nothing for the Bach moments.
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