At Jesus Community, Ted M. Gossard has been writing about slowing down.

In his post “the goal of slowing down (in my case),” Ted said that his life has been full of words, that they spill out of him easily…sometimes too easily. He wrote:

Lately valuing silence more (or really at all) means I tend to be more silent. Less words. The goal is not to diminish and belittle the importance of words…The goal is to realize the goal stated in the Book: to know God better, to be in closer communion with God and with those in Jesus, as well as to share this love with all people.

To achieve his biblical goals of knowing and loving God and knowing and loving people, Ted is slowing down his words…speaking less…falling silent. [Read more...]