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Words That Matter and Things That Matter

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Words That Matter and Things That Matter

We need the counter-cultural practice of silence right now

Diana Butler Bass
Jan 31, 2021
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I woke up this morning to silence.

It is snowing in my neighborhood. And quiet accompanies snow. People inside to keep warm; no cars on the roads.

The winter landscape turned into a whitened world.

Silence.

This month, I’ve been thinking a lot about silence — and longing for it. Perhaps because of the January 6 madness, the screaming of the rioters, the…

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