From Woman's World · Maggie Cady · · 1m 10s
John Mark Comer's Micro Retreat for Quiet Moments
A 5-minute quiet ritual can deepen love and peace in busy lives.
In brief
A 5-minute quiet ritual can deepen love and peace in busy lives. Pastor John Mark Comer suggests turning daily routines into digital-free moments to build focus and love. Originally reported by Woman's World.
John Mark Comer's New Book
Pastor John Mark Comer released Into the Quiet: Following Jesus in a World of Noise.
“The moment that level of noise, both literal and metaphorical, tips over a certain line, where it begins to hinder or hamper your ability to exude love and joy and peace”
Quiet Self-Care Benefits
Quiet self-care helps people love others better by refilling their own emotional cup.
“Self-care is important for the mom or for the grandmother. Not so they can be happy and have healthy boundaries, but so that they can be more loving when they’re with their grandkids or kids or neighbors”
Micro Retreat Definition
Micro retreats are short digital-free moments in daily routines like coffee breaks or walks.
“I think the best place to start is just to repurpose daily rituals that you already have as kind of micro retreats”
Brain Training for Quiet
Gently refocusing the mind builds focus over time through practices like slow breathing.
“That act of returning your attention is actually what creates new neural synapses that begin to increase your brain’s capacity to focus and still your brain more and more”
Jesus' Retreat Pattern
Jesus practiced retreat and return to better love and serve others.
“For Jesus, it wasn’t time with people doing good and meaningful work and contribution, or becoming a hermit and being alone all the time in prayer”
Quiet Place Research
Comer visited an anechoic chamber at Microsoft at -20 decibels for research.
“While doing research for Into the Quiet, John Mark visited the quietest place on earth: a -20 decibels anechoic chamber at the Microsoft headquarters”
Daily Quiet Practice
Turn coffee, walks, or sunset views into digital-free moments without extra time.
“We just have to remove the kind of nonstop digital distraction that kind of encroaches on all these beautiful little micro retreats that are waiting for us every day in the daily routines of our life”
Quiet for Family Love
Quiet self-care improves family love by allowing time to be present without digital distractions.
“Christ did not define love as being always available for everybody all the time”
What it means
Pastor John Mark Comer suggests turning daily routines into digital-free moments to build focus and love.
