The late Mike Yaconelli, who was a youth ministry guru and the pastor of a unique and small church, told a story about preaching at his church. He said that nearly every time he preached, a young woman named Maria raised her hand and asked, “Now, what exactly are you talking about?” After one sermon, Maria, who was about sixteen at the time, raised her hand, and this time she asked if she could pray for him. “Sure,” he said. She asked if she could come up to the front, and he agreed. In the middle of the service, she walked up to the front, and her prayer was something like, “God, thank you for Mike. We all know that if he weren’t in this church, we would all be lost, including him. Amen.” No doubt, in that church, as Maria was asking her questions, and coming up to the front, the congrega…