Marie Howe: Silence and the Depth of Poetry (Part Two)
Marie Howe is the former poet laureate of New York and the author of four volumes of poetry: Magdalene, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, What the Living Do, and Th...
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Marie Howe: Silence and the Depth of Poetry (Part One)
Marie Howe is the former poet laureate of New York and the author of four volumes of poetry: Magdalene, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, What the Living Do, and Th...
Encountering Silence in Times of Crisis
This week the Encountering Silence podcast features just the three of us — Cassidy, Kevin and Carl — reflecting on this extraordinary moment we find ourselves i...
Pádraig Ó Tuama: Silence, Poetry, and Conflict Resolution (Part Two)
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and conflict mediator, who brings interests in language, violence and religion to his work. He is the Poet Laureate and T...
An Orientation to Silence
If you are interested in the spirituality and psychology of silence, but are new to the idea of intentional silence, where do you begin? How do you orient yours...
Bushi Yamato Damashii: Silence and the Peaceful Samurai (Part Two)
Bushi Yamato Damashii returns for the second part of this two part interview. Click here to listen to part one. Bushi Yamato Damashi is the founder of Sangha Bo...
Carrie Newcomer: Silence, Song, Blessing and Waiting (Part One)
What is the relationship between silence and music? This week’s guest, acclaimed folk musician and educator Carrie Newcomer, helps us to explore this prov...
James Finley: A Conversation on the Spirituality of Silence (Part Two)
In today’s episode, the hosts of Encountering Silence speak with contemplative teacher James Finley, following his reflection on the spirituality of silen...
James Finley: Reflections on the Spirituality of Silence (Part One)
Contemplative author, teacher, retreat leader, and psychologist James Finley returns to the Encountering Silence podcast this week. At James’s suggestion,...
Cynthia Bourgeault: The Heart of Silence (Part Two)
Cynthia Bourgeault continues her conversation with the Encountering Silence team, offering insight into silence as a deeper way of knowing, contemplative Christ...
Cynthia Bourgeault: The Heart of Silence (Part One)
Cynthia Bourgeault has embraced silence and the contemplative life from a variety of perspectives: as a child in Quaker schools, as an Episcopal priest, as a st...
Martin Laird: Silent Land, Luminous Ocean (Part Two)
Our conversation with contemplative author Martin Laird continues with this episode. To hear part one, click here. “What I mean by ‘Contemplative...
Jane Brox: The Social History of Silence
If silence could tell us a story about itself, what would it say? This could be the question that Jane Brox answers in her most recent book, Silence: A Social H...
Mary Margaret Funk, OSB: Silence Matters, Part Two (Episode 53)
Today’s episode is part two of a two-part interview. Click here to listen to part one. Sr. Mary Margaret Funk, OSB continues her conversation with Cassidy, reco...
Shirley Hershey Showalter: Simplicity and Silence, Part One (Episode 50)
What is the relationship between silence and simplicity? Silence and peace? Or, for that matter, how does silence relate to the importance of our voice — as hum...