How to Find Clarity in a Noisy World; The power of intentionality in the in between days
A guest post by Amanda Viviers
Christmas is loud in our house…
Cousins, board games, reunions, and all the feels from a year of commitments. After Boxing Day, cricket games are left lingering, and there is a moment when we struggle to remember the date and try to remember what day it is.
The hours merge when our brains have time to decompress from the year’s tasks, details, and rhythms. The southern hemisphere encounters the heat of Summer, and our northern hemisphere friends snuggle around the fire - winter has found us retreating.
Most of the world takes some time to reset. It is a sacred time of the year if we choose to slow with courage. The hardest part is surrendering to the sabbath that the season offers, making meaning with perspective from the season that has passed.
“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life” - 1 Thess 4:11
How do we reflect on a season that has carried with it brutal global stories?
How do we make sense of a season that doesn’t make sense?
