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When Silence Isn’t Golden

November 9, 2018 By Tara Johnson 2 Comments

I’ve recently spent the past few weeks on voice rest. After finding a massive yeast infection and a cyst on my vocal chords, my doctor insisted on medicine and as little speaking as possible for three weeks. It was frustrating to say the least, but I learned several lessons I pray I won’t forget. Lesson #1: There are so many ways to communicate. I’ve always known this, but I never truly understood that 90% of communication can be passed along with body language, mouthing, facial Read More

Filed Under: Walking with God Tagged With: deaf, isolation, loneliness, mute, silence, stroke, voice rest, what I learned in silence

Drowning out Silence

January 17, 2017 By Tara Johnson Leave a Comment

Noise can be a drug. It’s a numbing anesthesia, insulating us from pain and reality, a distraction that keeps us from looking too deeply at what haunts us most. We do the same with food, with shopping and debit cards, with possessions and degrees, with sex and alcohol, power, possessions, money, relationships, children…yet the more I consider the bombastic nature of our society, the more I believe noise has become the preferred drug of choice. By noise I don’t mean only auditory transmission, but sensory Read More

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Walking with God Tagged With: Be still, Be still and know I am God, busyness, distraction, God's presence, healing, Jesus, learning to rest, noise, quiet, silence, stillness, wounds

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Tara JohnsonTara Johnson is a writer, singer, speaker and passionate lover of stories. Tara uses fiction, nonfiction, song and laughter to share her testimony of how God led her into freedom after spending years living shackled to the expectations of others. She lives in central Arkansas with her husband and children.

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