Kill Busyness or It Will Kill You! (Quick Hit!)

An episode of the Provoke & Inspire Podcast podcast, hosted by Steiger Podcast Network, titled "Kill Busyness or It Will Kill You! (Quick Hit!)" was published on January 1, 2024 and runs 5 minutes.

January 1, 2024 ·5m · Provoke & Inspire Podcast

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Socrates was famously credited with saying, "The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living", and in this quick hit Ben examines our cultures' obsession with busyness as a means of status, albeit a source of extreme anxiety. What does this say about our society, that used to value a person's leisure time as a measure of their value? How do we correctly deal with busyness in our lives as followers of Jesus? ---------------------------------------------------- Want to invite Ben to speak? Click HE...

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Socrates was famously credited with saying, "The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living", and in this quick hit Ben examines our cultures' obsession with busyness as a means of status, albeit a source of extreme anxiety.

What does this say about our society, that used to value a person's leisure time as a measure of their value? How do we correctly deal with busyness in our lives as followers of Jesus?

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