The Importance of Being Present

Even within the Protestant world there's sometimes an emphasis on being attractive to bring people in and I don't really sympathize with that very much. To be present is one way you are a friend and he's making himself present He's making us himself a friend, but if it starts to move too much toward symbolic It's nice to have a picture of your friend. Yeah, that's pointing towards your friend Mm-hmm, but that's not quite the same sort of presence or all so not someone there to be with you  and literally commune. And so the moves to that sort of thing not only does it move away from the traditional understanding of how Christ is there