What Falls from the Sky

How I Disconnected from the Internet and Reconnected with the God Who Made the Clouds

By: Esther Emery

Narrated by: Charity Spencer

Esther Emery was a successful playwright and theater director, wife and mother, and loving it all - until, suddenly, she wasn’t. When a personal and professional crisis of spectacular extent leaves her reeling, Esther is left empty, alone in her marriage, and grasping for identity that does not define itself by busyness and a breakneck pace of life. Something had to be done.

What Falls from the Sky is Esther’s fiercely honest, piercingly poetic account of a year without Internet - 365 days away from the good, the bad, and the ugly of our digital lives - in one woman’s desperate attempt at a reset. Esther faces her addiction to electronica, her illusion of self-importance, and her longing to return to simpler days, but then the unexpected happens. Her experiment in analog is hijacked by a spiritual awakening, and Esther finds herself suddenly, inexplicably drawn to the faith she had rejected for so long.

Ultimately, Esther’s unplugged pilgrimage brings her to a place where she finally finds the peace - and the God who created it - she has been searching for all along.

What Falls from the Sky offers a path for you to do the same. For all the ways the Internet makes you feel enriched and depleted, genuinely connected and wildly insufficient, What Falls from the Sky reveals a new way to look up from your screens and live with palms wide open in a world brimming with the good gifts of God.

Just Wonderful

I am part of the generation that falls right after the cut off date for not feeling lost without the Internet. She is right! I was born in 1983 and I can't imagine my life without it. As long as I can remember, my family has had a computer, and not long after, Internet! Originally at 24.4kbps speeds as a small child, it has always been a part of my life. Now with my masters in Computer Science, I feel a draw towards the "real world" instead of the digital world! I love what computers can do for us, but I agree with Stephen Hawking when he said that AI is the beginning of the end (paraphrasing of course). It is a conundrum that plagues my soul. I loved this book, and plan to do a week without the Internet this January! I want to slow down, connect in real life, and form community! Thank you for this book and the inspiration to actually do it! I also have a dumb phone on its way and hope to reconnect to the world by disconnecting from the constant dopamine hits we get from doom scrolling!