Kurt Johnson: Silence, the Body, and Movement (Episode 22)
How is Silence related to the human body? To movement, exercise, and performance? To physical, as well as mental and spiritual, wellness? Today we begin what we...
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Encountering Silence in Our Busy Lives (Episode 21)
If you could take a snapshot of your relationship with silence today, what would it look like? Perhaps you will have just come back from visiting a city where t...
Jim Forest: Silence and Peacemaking (Episode 20)
As a peace activist, biographer, and lover of silence, author Jim Forest’s deep humility and sincere way of being reveal to us much about listening, truly...
Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM: Silence, Action, and Contemplation (Episode 19)
Richard Rohr talks with us in this episode about silence, spirituality, contemplation, action, and why discernment is essential for each of these areas of life....
Silence and Poetry (Episode 18)
We love poetry — and we find that, of all literary forms, poetry seems to most quickly and assuredly bring the attentive reader to the threshold of silence. ...
Notes on Silence (Episode 17)
This week we have our first “return” guest, as Patrick Shen joins us again to discuss the new book he co-wrote and co-edited with Cassidy Hall, Note...
Silence and Mysticism (Episode 16)
What role does silence play in mysticism? That’s the question that launches our conversation this week. Episode 16 is inspired by the recent release of The Litt...
Br. Elias Marechal, OCSO: The Silence of a Trappist (Episode 15)
Meet Brother Elias Marechal — Trappist monk, author, contemplative, storyteller, and a man of deep, resplendent silence. Silence is always there — from the time...
Silence and Rhythm (Episode 14)
What is the relationship between silence and rhythm? Silence as the offbeat: there is no rhythm without the silence. — Cassidy Hall What are the ways that silen...
Fr. James Martin, SJ: Silence as the Bridge to Christ, the Self and the “Other” (Episode 13)
Fr. James Martin, SJ is the author of numerous books as well as an editor at America magazine. A Jesuit priest, Fr. James has emerged as one of the leading voic...
Silence as Refuge (Episode 12)
When we embrace silence as an alternative to conflict, are we just choosing to escape? Or can silence be a refuge, a temporary or even permanent shelter from th...
Fr. Stephanos Pedrano, OSB: Silence in the Cloister (Episode 11)
This week marks the first Encountering Silence “Field Recording” in which one member of our team (in this case, Cassidy Hall) records a face-to-face...
Valentines Day & Ash Wednesday — Silence & Paradox (Episode 10)
For this episode, we felt drawn to reflect on a couple of “liturgical paradoxes” coming up now and in April: that the Christian holy day of Ash Wedn...
Lerita Coleman Brown, PhD: Howard Thurman and the Inner Authority of Silence (Episode 9)
It’s easy to see the connection between silence and spirituality — but how does silence support the quest for justice, for a world that moves beyond racis...
Silence in Conflict (Episode 8)
What role does silence play in human conflicts? This question recognizes that silence may have a positive role to play — in helping to prevent or resolve confli...