The Gift of Solitude
It was not long in the silence of the solitude that I understood I was not alone.
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Solitude Is Not Separation
The Trappist monk Thomas Merton practiced and wrote about the contemplative life of interior solitude, which, he believed, was not cultivated by isolating ourselves from the world.
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Times of Solitude
In my mind, Jesus was a very busy guy. I think of his many, many stories of preaching, traveling, healing; it seems that people were constantly nearby—listening, asking questions, begging for a miracle.
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Moments of Silence
Life is social but we also need to get away. We need moments each day to pause and be still so that we can hear God’s voice amid the chaos and complexity of our lives.
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Embrace the Quiet
We are surrounded by so much noise on a daily basis. Some of it is unavoidable, some of it is self-imposed. It’s almost as if we’re afraid of the quiet.
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Quietude
Reflect Quietude is a beautiful yet underused word, defined as stillness or calmness in a person or place. Though perhaps we think it is especially hard to find in today’s world, it was a challenge for Jesus too. Scripture shows ...
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