Maisie Sparks: Enjoying God in the Silence
MAISIE SPARKS is an author, speaker, spiritual director, and retreat facilitator. Her books include Christmas Quiet, 151 Things God Can’t Do, 101 Things t...
Category: Episodes
Encountering a New Silence with Dr. Beverly Lanzetta
Dr. Beverly Lanzetta is a theologian, contemplative scholar, interfaith chaplain, and teacher of new traditions of contemplative wisdom. She is the author of nu...
Sophfronia Scott: Silence, the Seeker, and the Monk
What if we truly belong to each other? What if we are all walking around shining like the sun Mystic, monk, and activist Thomas Merton asked those questions ove...
Barbara Brown Taylor: Silence, Vulnerability, and Love (Part Two)
This week’s episode features the conclusion of our conversation with bestselling author and Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor. Click here to listen to...
Barbara Brown Taylor: Silence, Vulnerability, and Love (Part One)
A while back, our co-host Carl McColman was impressed by a preacher he heard in Atlanta. In his words: Back in the spring of 1988, I was living in Atlanta and o...
Encountering Silence and Contemplating Now
This week of Encountering Silence, we’re listening in on co-host Cassidy Hall’s new podcast, Contemplating Now: A Podcast about the Intersection of ...
Silence in Sound: A Collection of Ambient Field Recordings
This episode of Encountering Silence is a little different from our regular format. Carl McColman gives co-hosts Cassidy Hall and Kevin Johnson the week off, an...
Sarah Griffith Lund: Silence, Marriage and Mental Health (Part Two)
Today Sarah Griffith Lund returns to Encountering Silence. She is the senior pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Indianapolis, and serves ...
Sarah Griffith Lund: Silence, Marriage and Mental Health (Part One)
Today Sarah Griffith Lund returns to Encountering Silence. She is the senior pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Indianapolis, and serves ...
Patrick Shen: Silence and the Dawn Chorus
Patrick Shen, filmmaker, lover of silence, and good friend of this podcast, returns to share with us the news of his latest project: The Dawn Chorus. On May 3, ...
Kaya Oakes, Silence, the Body, and Women Mystics (Part Two)
The conclusion of our conversation with writer Kaya Oakes. Click here to listen to part one. Essayist and journalist Kaya Oakes is the author of The Nones Are A...
Kaya Oakes, Silence, the Body, and Women Mystics (Part One)
Essayist and journalist Kaya Oakes is the author of The Nones Are Alright: A New Generation of Believers, Seekers, and Those in Between, Radical Reinvention: ...
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: Silence, Ritual, and the Earth (Part Two)
This episode features the conclusion of our conversation with Zen poet Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. Click here to listen to part one of this interview. Zenju was rais...
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: Silence, Ritual and the Earth (Part One)
This episode features part one of our conversation with Zen poet Zenju Earthlyn Manuel. Zenju was raised in the Church of Christ where she was an avid reader of...
Emilie Townes: Silence, Storytelling, and Womanist Thought (Part Two)
Today on Encountering Silence we present the conclusion of our two-part interview with womanist theologian Dean Emilie M. Townes. Click here to listen to part o...