I am an IT geek in Columbus, and recently became a single parent. My wife was a back to nature Christian who decided the drop the ‘Christian’ part. I am struggling now to find the time for much back to nature activity.

This makes me even more of a “To-Do” person than ever before. I am so much busier than I have ever been in my life, I cannot imagine how I would begin to keep up without actively to-do’ing. I keep a pretty long list of big and small things that all NEED to be done, some of them some time ago.

So, let’s assume that I am right. I would fail without lists to keep things rolling. Does that make me a ToDo Christian? It definitely makes me a ToDo person, but I see a difference there. My children enjoy a good bit of my time (my ex’s too, we are both fully engaged) but they do so as pressures against the list, not as parts of the list. I feel the same way about God. He is a pressure against the list, Someone enjoying and deserving my time. I cannot give any of them the time we all wish I could, but none of them have fallen into the grips of the list.

I enjoyed this post (Will take me a while to get through your other ones). And though I’m sure I won’t agree with everything (I never do), I like your take on life with Jesus. Plus, I too feel the temptation of To-Do listing my life.

I think the remedy for the “To-do list” Christian is a revolutionary obedience to the call of simplicity. Live simply, sell what we have, give to the poor, and then lets get back to some of the spiritual disciplines taught by the mountain-top-sitting hermits.

I think many of us excuse the things we heap on our plate because they are “good” and “necessary.” Says who?

Trying to reconcile the To-Do list and life with Jesus is like trying to stuff a camel through the eye of a needle.