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By Gordon MacDonald on January 1, 2010 ,

Soul Talk

A couple of years ago I spent ten days solo-hiking in the Swiss Alps. Other than negotiating the price of sleeping space in an alpine mountain hut or an occasional "I-greet-you-in-the-name of-God" to a passing walker, I don't think I engaged in any other conversation for the entire time.

Ten days of virtual aloneness is no small learning experience. Enveloped in enforced quietness, one is likely to move in the direction of the soul rather than the many noise-centers on the periphery of life. On alpine paths there are no portable stereos, no cellular phones, no persuasion messages from signs, and no million-and-one people clamoring for our attention. Apart from beautiful views, there is nothing more than what we can find in the inner person. . .

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Gordon MacDonald

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Gordon MacDonald, Speaker, has been a pastor and author for more than fifty years. He served as Chancellor at Denver Seminary, as editor-at-large for Leadership Journal, and as a speaker at leadership conferences around the world. His books include Building Below the Waterline, Who Stole My Church, A Resilient Life and Ordering Your Private World.

 

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