Answers to an Acoustic Conundrum

Dear Crosswalkers,

Here's something for those of you who believe that silence is golden. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the quietest place on earth is the "anechoic chamber" at the Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis, MN. The room is 99.99 percent sound absorbent. Most people cannot handle the silence. It literally drives them mad. The company’s founder and president, Steven Orfield, says this: ‘We challenge people to sit in the chamber in the dark... When it’s quiet, ears will adapt. The quieter the room, the more things you hear. You'll hear your heart beating, sometimes you can hear your lungs, hear your stomach gurgling loudly. In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.’

And this is a very disorientating experience. We can't handle the quiet. We can't handle hearing ourselves alone. Apparently, the longest anyone has stayed inside was a reporter who lasted 45 minutes! You can read the full article by clicking HERE.

WHY CAN'T WE HANDLE THE SILENCE? It's an acoustic conundrum!  Here's the answer: We need to hear the voices of others because we were made for relationships. More than anything else, we need to hear the voice of God, because we were made to be in a relationship with our Creator!

This is why we are engaged in a spiritual journey called 40 DAYS IN THE WORD at Crosswalk Community Church! Above all else, these studies are designed to help us hear the voice of God speaking to us through the Bible!

Will you please join us? We have 170 people signed up to participate in the study. If you haven't joined a group, you can do so by emailing Pastor Linda Jackson at this address:ljackson@crosswalkchurch.com or by signing up after services this Sunday! The group study kicks off next week!

Faithfully yours,

Pastor John Christie