Sound and Silence

The Christian walk needs these two opposites: sound and silence.

Sound is the activity of life: working, music, caring for rowdy children, running errands. Sound encompasses raucous laughter and brothers dwelling together in unity. In sound, we sing loud praises to the King.

Silence restores. We sleep in silence. Atop a towering mountain overlooking God’s beauty, silence fills our ears. Silence is not simply the absence of sound: it includes the song of birds and wind rushing through trees. It includes whispered voices in a candlelit prayer meeting. (more…)