Peace seems so elusive in this fractious neighborhood where you have placed me— that is, when I contemplate the dirt and hurts and screams of metal and motors and crowds. But when I turn my heart east to the Rising Son and fix my inner eyes on light and rainbows, my inner ears on theContinue reading “Peace Inside the Noise”
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Practicing Silence
He says, “Be silent,”
and I long for quiet
to listen for his voice,
to know that he is God.
Longing for Quiet
The words come crashing in like chattering kids. They’re only in my head but they are deafening. I cannot stem the tide. A billion babblings jostle for position. One sinks, one bubbles up. He says, “Be silent,” and I long for quiet to listen for his voice, to know that he is God. I’m desperateContinue reading “Longing for Quiet”