Introduction

When we give some one our full attention, our patient, focused self, forgetful gaze, we look a little like god. The glory of god consists partly in the fact that he, unlike the gods of wood and stone, pays attention to his people. Of course, our attention is amazingly unlike god's. God can give his full focus ten trillion places at once. We must choose one among the trillions. By it, we offer another creature the dignity of our loving regard. And perhaps never more so than in an age like ours when human attention is an endangered species. Lloyd jones had distractions like the morning newspaper in mind. What would he say of a society where most of us