Encountering Silence

Latest Episodes:

Jessica Mesman Griffith: The Silence of Missing Voices (Episode 23) May 24, 2018

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Author Jessica Mesman Griffith talks about silence, creativity, fear, doubt, death, and missing voices.

Kurt Johnson: Silence, the Body, and Movement (Episode 22) May 16, 2018

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Kurt Johnson talks to us about silence, the human body, movement, exercise, wellness and performance.

Encountering Silence in Our Busy Lives (Episode 21) May 09, 2018

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Busy-ness seems to be a problem must working adults struggle with. How can silence help us?

Jim Forest: Silence and Peacemaking (Episode 20) May 02, 2018

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Jim Forest's humility and sincerity reveal much about listening, truly seeing, and deeply caring for each other.

Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM: Silence, Action, and Contemplation (Episode 19) Apr 25, 2018

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Richard Rohr talks with us about silence, spirituality, contemplation, action, and why discernment matters.

Silence and Poetry (Episode 18) Apr 18, 2018

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We love poetry — since poetry seems to quickly bring the attentive reader to the threshold of silence.

Notes on Silence (Episode 17) Apr 12, 2018

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Patrick Shen joins us again to discuss "Notes on Silence" which he co-wrote and co-edited with Cassidy Hall.

Silence and Mysticism (Episode 16) Apr 04, 2018

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Exploring the role that silence plays in mysticism, in the light of Carl's book "The Little Book of Christian Mysticism."

Br. Elias Marechal, OCSO: The Silence of a Trappist (Episode 15) Mar 28, 2018

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Meet Brother Elias Marechal — Trappist monk, contemplative, and the author of "Tears of an Innocent God."

Silence and Rhythm (Episode 14) Mar 21, 2018

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Cassidy, Kevin and Carl ponder the question of how silence impacts and informs the cadences of life.