The Afterword

Tag: quiet

  • The Quiet Thread I Would Change

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    Peter
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    What is one thing you would change about yourself? Someone once told me that when I get up to preach, it’s like watching someone flick a switch. One moment I’m my usual quiet self, and the next I’m fully present—clear, confident, grounded. Here’s the funny thing: that version of me on the platform is the…

  • The Gift of Quiet Hours

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    Peter
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    I usually go to bed at 9.00pm. After a full day, I’m ready for it. There’s no fanfare—just a slow wind-down and sleep not far behind. And then I wake at 4.30am. No alarm, no urgency. Just the quiet sense that the day has begun. It feels like I’m the only one awake—until I start…

  • Blessed are the Mirrors

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    Peter
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    Art holds my sadness,presses it gently into color and form,whispering—this, too, belongs. I trace the lines, carve the shape,and somewhere between the ink and the ache,God meets me. I have been searchingfor a place to set my grief down,for hands that do not rush to fixbut simply say—stay as long as you need. My mother’s…