I remember not liking this kind of question at first, but eventually it grew on me.

I think in our secular age ppl struggle to see the transcendent. We live & see the world as functional atheists.

I fear that a knee jerk Luth reaction to say that... https://twitter.com/brownmp/status/1314590258965680128

the only non-enthusiast answer to this question is #WordAndSacrament actually reinforces this functional atheism & a myopic spirituality.

I think you can answer this question in an enthusiast way, but you don’t have to.

If we really believe that vocation & providence are real, & if we believe that Jesus’ promise that he is w/us even to the end of the age, then there are good answers as well. The question *can* help us practice seeing the world as it really is.