Encountering Silence
Six Months of Encountering Silence! (Episode 25)
June 6, 2018
After six months, Cassidy, Kevin and Carl reflect on the lessons and insight this podcast has provided.
Hello friends! Can you believe that the Encountering Silence Podcast released its first episode six months ago?!? Yes — our "pilot episode" was released on December 6, 2017. This week we're celebrating our six-month-anniversary with a brief conversation in which we reflect on some of the insights and surprises that the last six months have yielded for us. Silence includes everyone, silence levels the ground and flattens our egos, to recall that we're all human and we all belong to one another. — Cassidy Hall In the interest of full disclosure, let's say it right up front: this is our "pledge drive" episode. One of the things we've learned over the last few months is that we had seriously under-estimated how much time it takes to plan, record, edit, release, and promote a podcast. We love doing this, and so we're not begrudging one second of our time. But since we are all self-employed, we also have to balance the joy we find in the podcast with the reality that we need to be earning a living. Over a dozen listeners have made the commitment to support the podcast with a monthly pledge through Patreon. If you are one of those, please know how much we appreciate your support. Thank you! If you haven't made a pledge, then we humbly but sincerely ask you to consider doing so now.  Even $1 a month makes a difference. Frankly, we would be more excited to have one hundred people pledge a dollar a month than to have one person pledge $100. Why? Because it shows us that people want to be part of the Encountering Silence Circle. Please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/encounteringsilence In this episode, we mention a wonderful book by Henri Nouwen called A Spirituality of Fundraising. We recommend it to anyone who is a fundraiser (or a donor!) as it beautifully expresses how giving money (and asking for support from current and future donors) can be an expression of community, of caring, and indeed of spirituality. Episode 25: Six Months of Encountering Silence Hosted by: Carl McColman With: Cassidy Hall, Kevin Johnson Date Recorded: May 21, 2018