What I’m Learning About Silence (and Social Media)

Stepping Back to Hear God Again

There’s been a quiet stirring in me for a while now - a restless discomfort I couldn’t quite name.

It started as a whisper: this isn’t good for you; it isn’t good for your soul.
Not just the periods of scrolling—but the noise…the opinions…the division…and the way it all seems to stir up those yucky emotions we’d rather not feel. Honestly, some aspects have been downright ugly — dare I even say, hideous?

What I began to notice is how easily the heart gets swept up in it all. How quickly our peace gets replaced by posturing, proving, and paradigms.

And perhaps most heartbreaking of all — how hard it’s become to see the goodness of humanity, the beauty of grace, and the unity of the Spirit in the middle of it.

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When Connection Turns to Consumption

Social media promised connection, didn’t it?
It told us we could stay close to friends, share our work, find encouragement, and even build community. And for a while, maybe it did.

But somewhere along the way, something sacred shifted.

The table that once invited everyone to bring something beautiful now feels like an arena for brutal spectacle, public execution, and performative truth.

And that’s just what you see walking in the front entrance. In the tunnels just out of sight, people wage personal wars, throw flaming arrows, and slaughter one another with their tongues. I have been stunned many times by the verbal lashing so easily inflicted under the cover of a profile page.

It’s not that goodness doesn’t still exist there. It does.
It’s just buried in layers of debris fields, distractions, and distortions.

The algorithms reward outrage.
The feeds foster comparison and dissent.
And little by little, we either lose our sense of humanity, numb ourselves into no feeling at all, or desperately seek a way to escape entirely.

If I’m honest, it’s taken a quiet toll on my creativity…and at times, even my communion with God. I miss the joy of sharing beauty, connection, and Truth.

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A Sabbath for the Soul

So I’ve decided to take a kind of Sabbath for the soul.

This isn’t a dramatic exit or a judgment of others who stay. It’s just an act of obedience. A decision to step back so I can step closer—to God, to peace, to the sacred work of creating from a place of stillness and peace.

I don’t want to follow faith anymore. I want to practice it.
I don’t want to chase connection. I want to cultivate communion.
I don’t want to curate moments for marvel. I want to create space for encounter.

Sabbath, after all, is about remembering who we are and who we are not.
It’s about trusting that the world will keep spinning even if we stop posting.
It’s about returning to the quiet love of the Father—the One who calls us to rest, not to perform.

There’s a holiness in that slowing down.
A beauty in the boundaries that say, “Enough. No more noise.”

Because only in the pause can we remember the sound of His voice again.

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Light Still Shines

Even in the quiet, I know I’m not meant to disappear. The call to create, to love, to bear witness—it hasn’t gone away. It’s simply changing shape.

Because even as I step away from the noise, I still feel the ache of a world starved for light and Truth. And maybe that’s where the real invitation lies: not to abandon the darkness, but to enter it differently. I still believe Christ’s light belongs everywhere—even in the spaces that feel most divided or distracted.

So instead, I hope to give you a new sanctuary and leave some small lamps along the way…small moments of beauty and truth that point toward something deeper.

Because light doesn’t have to argue to prove itself—it just has to shine.

I want my presence in those spaces to be more like a flicker than a flood—a gentle reminder that:

• Goodness still lives

• Truth still breathes, and

• Beauty still matters.

  
  A place where the noise quiets down and the soul can breathe again.

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A Prayer for Renewal

Lord, teach us how to rest from the noise.
Quiet the chaos inside us as much as the world around us.
Heal our attention, renew our wonder, and remind us that Your light never depends on our effort to keep it burning.

Let what we create carry Your peace.
Let our presence online and off be marked by gentleness and grace.
And when we shine our light, may it bring love that binds rather than divides.

Amen.

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I’m excited to step into a season of turning over new ground—a slower, simpler, more sacred way of showing up.

I’m setting a new table—one carefully curated, intentionally inviting, and brimming with beauty.

Because this is where I’ll really be.
This is home.

You’ll still find me shining small lights here and there...
but the deeper beauty,
the slower conversations,
the art born from silence—
they’ll live in this new sanctuary.

🕊 Welcome to a sanctuary for your soul!

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If this reflection resonated with you, I’d love to invite you deeper—
into a slower, simpler rhythm of beauty, prayer, and reflection.

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A sanctuary for your soul where beauty, faith, and reflection meet.

Here you’ll find guided prayers, creative devotion, and the quiet beauty of being fully present with God.
Because life isn’t meant to be scrolled—it’s meant to be savored.