But as in technology, history has kept on moving. Stale arguments about old controversies shed no more light than old WordPerfect manuals. Faded franchises claim privileged status and demand the game be played their slower-moving way. Congregations cling doggedly to locations and styles of ministry the marketplace abandoned long ago. They keep trying to build community through weeknight meetings, for example, as opposed to e-mail networks and workplace gatherings.
Preachers keep defining Greek verbs while people cry desperately for insights to real-life needs.
People's lives keep changing. So do their needs. The point isn't that speed is better, but that speed is reality. See men and women who are working too hard but don't know how to survive otherwise. See the poor getting poorer.