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 beauty and power of silence — and the challenges that silence faces in our noisy and wounded world. Silence is the meeting place for knowing what we have to say when it's time to speak up and speak out. — Cassidy Hall Some of the resources and authors we mention in this episode: Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume Two (includes "Everything") Walter Brueggemann, Interrupting Silence: God’s Command to Speak Out. Barbara A. Holmes, Joy Unspeakable Therese Taylor-Stinson, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around — Stories of Contemplation and Justice Rebecca Bratten Weiss (with Joanna Penn Copper), Mudwoman Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk Cynthia Bourgeault, The Heart of Centering Prayer Lerita Coleman Brown, When the Heart Speaks, Listen Mary Margaret Funk, Renouncing Violence James Finley, The Contemplative Heart John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything Carrie Newcomer, The Beautiful Not Yet: Poems, Essays and Lyrics Helen E. Lees, Silence in Schools Silence is so beautiful that we have to speak out against its abuse. — Carl McColman Episode 82: Happy Birthday, Encountering Silence Hosted by: Carl McColman With: Cassidy Hall, Kevin Johnson Date Recorded: November 25, 2019 Words can't capture the fact that silence can hold everything, and somehow hold it in gladness. — Kevin Johnson