Simple. Quiet. Present.

In a noi­sy and crow­ded world, we want to relearn tog­e­ther what it means to live sim­ply – not out of ren­un­cia­ti­on, but out of lon­ging. We crea­te space – in our hearts, in our ever­y­day lives, in our church – so that God’s voice can be heard, his love can be felt and his gui­dance can be recognised.

The ser­mon invi­tes us to beco­me quiet in the midst of noi­se, per­for­mance and inner turm­oil in order to hear God’s quiet words anew. Based on the bibli­cal desert, it shows that soli­tu­de and silence are places of puri­fi­ca­ti­on, of fin­ding one’s iden­ti­ty and of encoun­tering God. Tho­se who crea­te space for silence reco­g­ni­se God more deep­ly, are trans­for­med inward­ly and gain com­pas­si­on and spi­ri­tu­al cla­ri­ty for a fruitful minis­try. Two peo­p­le are wal­king through a busy street tog­e­ther. The noi­se of engi­nes hangs in the air, voices over­lap, foot­s­teps echo…