HOLY SILENCE HOLY LISTENING

This morning I'm thinking about quiet . . . different from silence - an element of sound, implies there is sound - I want to say "noise"...

Reading a Facebook post by Jen Louden . . . she touches me deep in my gut, and raises so many questions deep in my heart . . . How much...

. . . the older I get, the more greedy I become for my own stillness. So that is what I really want to say: It's OK to be greedy for...

I've been away for a few days, visiting my daughter, Catie, in Edmonton, then, visiting friends in Calgary, and the time "away" from home...

So much talking yesterday, too much TV, too many talking heads, too many noisy voices in my head . . . Today sitting quietly, drinking my...

The hum of the humidifier, the tick of the clocks, the whirring of the furnace . . . the ambient "silence" of the house. Sitting in...

In my daily meditation I listen for the divine . . . Last night there was another shooting in Toronto. This morning this is what I heard...

RULES FOR VISITING A CATHEDRAL Please remember to leave your anxieties in the rack provided: light a candle. Listen to the organ even if...

Too Many Problems - by Greg Kimura The dilemma, my love, is your life is constructed of all these magnificent problems, and were you to...

Sitting quietly at the cottage clock ticking fridge humming no other sounds -- a cup of coffee beside me, calm lake all is still. I just...

Early morning quiet . . . world waking up me waking up going for a walk the world seems still -- hardly any sound only the birds --...

Walking on the treadmill early this morning, debating turning on the TV, or do I read my book, or revolutionary idea (!) what if I just...

"The quieter I became the more I heard" - Erling Kagge I was out for brunch with friends and telling them that I was starting a blog. ...

I'm hungry for silence this morning - so much noise, so much "busy-ness" - inside my soul as much as outside and around me. What do I...

I'm so excited! Thank you for being here. This is such a new adventure for me. Exploring silence, writing a blog, sharing this space,...