I think anyone who has tried to teach a class or make a presentation to a group has experienced something like this. You have a perfectly planned lesson. You have your presentation all worked out. Then as you begin, there is always this one student, this one participant, this one character in the audience who interrupts you and begs to differ with what you have to say.

"But pastor, what about this? What about that? I see things differently."

At first you may be pleased that there is actually someone who is paying attention and is giving what you have to say some thought, even if they beg to differ with you. But the interruptions persist. Their questions become an irritation. Suddenly what you thought you had under control is rapidly becoming chaos.

Likewise, many of us think we have Eas…