Encountering Silence

Encountering Silence


Latest Episodes

J. Brent Bill: Beauty, Truth, Life, Love — and Holy Silence (Part One)
January 20, 2020

For our latest "Encountering Silence field recording," Cassidy Hall visits the farm of Indiana Quaker author J. Brent Bill for a conversation about silence and other essential elements of life. This is part one of a two-part episode; the remainder of t...

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: Silence and Activist Theology (Part Two)
December 17, 2019

Our conversation with Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, the author of Activist Theology, concludes this week, in part two of a two-part interview. To listen to part one, click here. - Born to a Mexican woman and an Anglo man in Northern Mexico,

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: Silence and Activist Theology (Part One)
December 11, 2019

Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, the author of Activist Theology, joins our conversation this week. Born to a Mexican woman and an Anglo man in Northern Mexico, the Republic of Texas, Dr. Robyn moved to Chicago, IL for graduate school,

Happy Birthday, Encountering Silence
December 03, 2019

Happy Birthday, Encountering Silence! - This week marks the two-year anniversary of our first episode (listen to it here). To mark the occasion, we recorded a few thoughts about how the podcast has surprised us and expanded our own sense of both the b...

An Orientation to Silence
November 27, 2019

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 yourself to the world of silence that is always available to you, right here and right now? -

Walter Brueggemann: Silence and the Prophetic Imagination (Part Two)
November 11, 2019

This is part two of a two part episode; to listen to part one, click here. - The Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary.

Walter Brueggemann: Silence and the Prophetic Imagination (Part One)
November 04, 2019

The Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary. He is widely regarded as one of the world's leading Christian interpreters of the Old Testament and is the author ...

Adam Bucko: Silence, Sacred Activism, and the Spiritual Imagination (Part Two)
October 29, 2019

Our conversation with the Rev. Adam Bucko continues in this episode, the second part of a two-part interview. To listen to part one, click here. - In the summer of 2019, the Reverend Adam Bucko was appointed as a Minor Canon at the Episcopal Cathedral...

Adam Bucko: Silence, Sacred Activism, and the Spiritual Imagination (Part One)
October 22, 2019

In the summer of 2019, the Reverend Adam Bucko was appointed as a Minor Canon at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY, where he serves as the director of the Center for the Spiritual Imagination.

Silence and the Wisdom of Henri Nouwen: A Conversation With Gabrielle Earnshaw (Part 2)
October 14, 2019

Our conversation continues with historian Gabrielle Earnshaw — the founding archivist of the Henri Nouwen Archives in Toronto, Canada. She has been the adviser to the Henri Nouwen Legacy Trust for eighteen years and is consulted throughout the world on...