When you check into a Sheraton hotel room these days you have a new message you can hang on your doorknob to keep the housekeeper away. Instead of “Do Not Disturb” the message now reads “Peace and Quiet.” The sign at Sheraton’s more upscale sister, The Westin, simply reads “Peace.”
People are not just looking to keep disruptions and disturbances at bay. They are looking to find something positive. They are searching in life for some “peace and quiet.” Or if “quiet” is too much to ask, just some “Peace.”
The Russian Orthodox church introduced a word which is now quite popular in a variety of Christian circles. The Russian word is poustinia, and it refers to a remote cabin or place for prayer, even a hermit’s hut in the woods where you can encounter God in silence, serenity and peace. Who …