We consider it peculiar that Muslims stop five times a day to offer prayers to Allah, yet we stop what we do five times an hour to pay homage to our e-mail. For many of us, the one true god to whom we give our devotion is the deity known as IT: information technology. Click Read .

What follows is perhaps an all too familiar scenario…

“I never find the time to be alone with God throughout the week, so I’ve decided to give this Sunday afternoon to prayer.

However, before I do I should check my e-mail so I won’t be distracted. It won’t take long. . . Uh-oh, thirty-two new messages, including one from my boss? I really better reply right now. These could be important!….”

And so it continues