“Faith is carried by sound.” What a beautiful sentence, Rebecca!

I’m from Spain and faith is also faith-noisy, less so with every passing year because the constantly ringing bells devalue the houses nearby…

As an agnostic HSP, I find them annoying but if I go back to living in a place where loud faith is an issue, I’ll try to anchor them to my personal beliefs and use them as means of grounding—that’s such a powerful reframing.

P.S. I also loved this sentence: “They were left behind by the retreating waves of empires, detritus collecting in tide pools of history.” You’re a wonderful writer!