A week ago our class read an article entitled, “Our Deepest Prayer.” It began with the words to a song written by the article’s author, Terry York, Waiting here, in silence, God, we hear and own our deepest prayer. Until … Continue reading
It seems to me Holy Week is a time for reflection so in the interest not creating more noise I am providing the following link to the Scripture for Holy Week and a prayer from that same site – http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/lections.php?year=B&season=Holy%20Week … Continue reading
One day I am going to make a survey of what writers claim is the “most important” spiritual practice. That’s not for today but I suspect I would find prayer, silence and solitude as high on most lists. You might … Continue reading
Before we leave the practice of silence for a while, I wanted to share one last quote attributed to A. W. Tozer, “Only after all the noise has spent itself do we begin to hear in the silence of our … Continue reading
We so often speak of spiritual disciplines singularly that we can easily forget in practice they naturally flow one to another. In the small volume of devotions, Challenge by Mark Link, S.J., he offers the following pattern for those going through … Continue reading
How did it go? Did you spend some time opening the door to silence? Or, if you are already spending time with silence each day, did you notice other places and times silence opens to you? Many people who decide … Continue reading
How did you “silence inventory” go? What did you find out about silence in your days? Does it appear anyplace? Do you seek it? Do you avoid it? If you haven’t taken some time to consider if silence is part … Continue reading
Think about your day, your week, and look though the days for where you have silence. Do you? Are there periods of silence in your day(s)? If you find silence in your day(s), does it come by accident, by happenstance, … Continue reading
“In a noise-polluted world, it is even difficult to hear ourselves think let alone try to be still and know God. Yet it seems essential for our spiritual life to seek some silence, no matter how busy we may be. … Continue reading
Do you know what silence is? Consider Robert Mulholland’s suggestion – “We tend to think of silence as simply being still…. The practice of silence is the radical reversal of our cultural tendencies. Silence is bringing ourselves to the point … Continue reading
