After the silence on Armistice Day a few of us from my church in London got talking about the absence of silence and stillness from our lives – why do we have no time to stop and stare? When did we get so busy? And what exactly is the rush?
So we agreed we'd try to spend 10 minutes of every day in solitude and dedicated silence. After all, the Christian tradition, like many religions, emphasises the importance of silence and stillness. "Be still and know that I am God," it says in the Psalms. We regularly make time for prayer, so surely making time for quiet would be a breeze?
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