Old newsletters often seem a nuisance – cluttering up
countertops, junk drawers and email accounts – yet every so often, one stands
out – finding a new life of inspiration taped to the refrigerator, computer
desk or tucked gently inside the cover of one’s Bible. Helen Wells Quintela’s Only in Silence the Word from the summer of 1997, is one such
piece.
Helen
reminds us of the place of silence and of words in God’s creation, God’s
presence and the spiritual union of the gemeinde
– the church and community – “Out of the
silent formless void, God spoke, ‘Let there be,’ and there was. The moment of creation, the profound response
of void to Creator is rooted in the Word.”
