It doesn't take much to slow down.A secondhand throw tossed onto a secondhand rocker. … [Read more...]
The Speed of a Good Samaritan
In Not So Fast, I wrote a chapter about slowing down enough to care, wondering if we're going so fast that we struggle to show compassion, speeding right past people in need. In it, I reflected on a famous study done in the 1970s in which seminary students who volunteered to participate were divided into groups that were put in a low-, medium- or high-hurry situation. … [Read more...]
Slowing Down, Speaking Less
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 … [Read more...]
From the Rush to a Hush
Shhhh...People are quieting down all over the place.They're discovering how to be still ... or, at least, they're trying to.They're stopping. Pausing. Praying.People are enjoying silence.Ann Voskamp at Holy Experience is taking us by the hand this week and leading us to quiet places with her primer on slowing down and how to seek. She invites others to post on intentional … [Read more...]
