Why do we apologize for interruptions?

Thoughts and quotes from the book I've been reading: "Justice in the Burbs" by Will & Lisa Samson.

"Injustice is unconcious. It grows when we sleep comfortably." - Kester Brewin pg. 47

"So we stumble through life with unanswered and sometimes unvoiced questions, some X factor missing from our lives, but we fail to remember or just don't know what that factor is. Or we realize exactly what's missing but have no idea how to incorporate issues of justice into our lives, particularly in a way that would safeguard us against completely disrupting our everyday existence." - pg. 25

"As we have engaged in various ministries to assist people, we have established clear rules designed to protect ourselves from unnecessary risk." - pg. 55

"The suburbs seems particularly designed to avoid facing the bigger issues of life. It almost feels as if these communities were designed to avoid interruption by anything unpleasant or uncomfortable." - pg. 58

"[In our suburban home] there was no one to harm us, no one to cause us discomfort. But there was also no one to interrupt us. No one to show us an image of God in 'the least of these.'" - pgs. 59-60

The impression I get of suburban American Christians is one of routine, busyness, and no time to lend a hand to those who cry out from the depths. No time to feed, clothe, or assist Jesus disguised as a lowly person in need. America is the land of opportunity, and they've found it, it conveniences them, let others find their own way.
We need to be interrupted. We need to be disturbed.

"Perhaps this is a definition of faithfulness: allowing one's dreams to be interrupted."
- Kester Brewin


"He loved the poor and accosted the rich, so which one do you want to be?

"Who is this that you follow, this picture of the American dream? If Jesus was here would you walk right by on the other side, or fall right down and worship at his holy feet?

"My Jesus would never be accepted in my church. The blood and dirt on his feet might stain the carpet. But he preaches for the hurting and despises the proud, and I think he'd prefer Beale street to the stained glass crowd.

I want to be like my Jesus, not a posterchild for American prosperity, but like my Jesus."
- Todd Agnew