ARE YOU A PRACTICAL ATHEIST?

I was at a conference last week where one of the speakers (who happened to be a pastor) made a startling confession. He said that he had lived most of his life and done most of his ministry as a practical atheist. I was stunned! How could this man admit to such a thing? This was his definition of a practical atheist. "To say you believe God exist but to do ministry or live life as if he doesn't." In other words we say we are people of faith but our lives are lived with absence of faith and more trust is put in our abilities than God's power.
WOW! I HAVE BEEN GUILTY AT TIMES OF BEING A PRACTICAL ATHEIST, WHAT ABOUT YOU?