As a pastor, I speak with many people who feel that their lives are runaway trains about to slide off the track. They no longer enjoy life and its blessings but live every day with stress, fear, dread, and fatigue. What contributes to living life in this unhealthy way is the misguided belief that faster is better. Rarely is this true. The only thing faster gives us is a sure way to live every day exhausted. Our Lord does not want us to live life this way. He said, “I have come that you might have life in all of its abundance.” He didn’t say, “I have come that you might experience stress in all of its abundance.”

I want to focus on our addiction to hurry and show us how we can slow down, enjoy life, and still get everything done. I remember when I was living in Orlando I went to the store …