There is so much competing for your attention on a daily basis. So much information is bombarding us daily. Did you know that during this year, over $1000 will be spent to market directly to you?

And if you wanted to keep track of all of the new items that are being added to grocery stores this year, you’d find it to be more than 17,000 new items.

For most of the western world, we don’t live in a peaceful world that looks like this…

No, for most of us, whether we actually live in the big city of not still feel like we live in one.

And as a result of this lifestyle, which used to be location specific to the big urban and city areas has become pervasive in our entire culture.

We’ve become addicted to speed and rushing around. I remember the time during college, when after a long year of rushing around, scheduling everything (papers, tests, exams, quizes, assignments, and more) in my PDA that was always at my side, and working 15-20 hours per week, having alarms and reminders going off constantly, i finally took a much needed 2 day break from all of it. I remember how weird it felt to not be bothered what time it was, or what was due next. If you’re a techy person like I am, it’s an experiment worth trying someday and it’s extremely freeing.

But returning to the original concept of being overstimulated by marketing, media, and our lifestyles, forces us to create new boundaries in how we live with , communicate with, and deal with others. And in my mind it’s only fair to ask then, what does this mean for those of us trying to share the gospel message with others around us?