if God is going to be with us, we should expect that our lives will be extremely different from ordinary human life.3 That is, our ordinary lives, our day-to-day-at-home-at-work-at-play-maybe-even-at-church lives will be extra-ordinary. We should expect nothing less. Of course, the reality is that most of religion is organized around keeping God at a distance, allowing us to “go see him” when we want. We say things such as, “Lord, this morning we come into thy presence,” to which God might be saying, “Really? Where have you been?” For God has always been present.
