In John Gardiner's book on leadership, he uses a marvelous phrase: "The trance of non- renewal." He uses it in relation to institutions and organizations. He says that members of these institutions can get into what he calls "the trance of non-renewal," which means they get so accustomed to a flaw in the organization that they just stare right past it. They don't even see it. They get accustomed to living with it. That's called "the trance of non-renewal." You see it everywhere, and I've seen it in the church. People in the church can stare at a flaw in the institution and not even see it. What is even worse, they stare at an opportunity and don't even believe it. The door opens for them to walk out and move into some new future. God gives them some new mission which will revitalize their …