They are the sounds that fill the backgrounds of our lives: the incessant whirl of a refrigerator, the chirping of birds, and the whispers of thoughts. While our lives are often structured by the obvious factors, easily identified by the eye, ear, and touch, it is the hum and buzz that fill in the gaps and create a full sense of reality.
If one were to have peeked into the breakfast nooks of pre-WWI Germany, the true story of the Great Wars could have been predicted and followed through the thoughts and conversations of everyday people. It is in this menial chatter that we begin to see the heart of people and faint pictures of the future are created.
My husband, Toby, is currently writing a book about the Hum and Buzz of the religious rogue. We are the generation who truly believes in the power of traditional Pentecostal prayer and worship, yet we are stretching to apply the ancient truth to today's culture and world. Desperately loving the truth found in God's word, many are torn after sincere questions have gone unanswered and beliefs systems are slowly reworked. It is here that we become outsiders or rogues - unable to live in the traditional ideals and unwilling to let go of essentials that keep us from true postmodernity.
This union of past, present, and future is the breeding grounds for the hum and buzz can be heard over kitchen tables, silent email conversations, and late night coffee house encounters. As the questions, thoughts, and searches persist, the hum and buzz becomes a silent signal of something to come. What? We don't know. We just know it is coming. It is the cry for authenticity of truth and the power of God to be honestly lived in today's world.
Have you heard it? The hum and buzz?
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