I was listening to a new podcast the other day. I know the host and her message, so I expected it to be rich in content. But by the end of the episode, I couldn’t remember anything she said. The problem wasn’t with her message—like I said, I know her content is full of wisdom and depth. The problem was the pace. She was talking so fast that one thought ran into another and then another. As a listener, I wasn’t given the space to contemplate her words, to meditate on them, or let them sink in. There was no room for them to land and take root. As a communicator, I’m learning that in order to be effective, I need to give my listeners space for my words to land and take root. There is truly wisdom in the pause, as I like to say. The pause is where the action happens. Where the ah-ha moments take flight. I’m learning to speak—and to pause—in a way that allows that space to happen. And this is just as true in our time with the Lord. We sit down, read a passage of Scripture or a devotional, maybe even whisper a