Join with others from the Bradford area to discuss books about silence based prayer and meditation.

​Sustaining a discipline of silence based prayer is not always easy.
The reading group offers several ways to support you in this:
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  • Meet regularly with others who are also exploring a discipline of silence based prayer to share experiences of what it's like: the struggles and the joys, your questions and discoveries!
  • Read slowly through two books about silence, a chapter at a time between meetings, and then gather to discuss what we've found helpful, challenging and encouraging .
         In January 2020, we'll be starting to read two new books:
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  • Phileena Heurtz, Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation.
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  • Adam Ford, Seeking Silence in a Noisy World: The Art of Mindful Solitude. (Also published as The Art of Mindful Solitude: Seeking Silence in a Noisy World.)
  • Sharing in periods of silence with others is a supportive and helpful thing to do. So after a time of discussing the latest chapters, there will be 20 minutes of silent prayer together.
  • Our shared silence will be followed by time to reflect and chat about how our reading and discussion have impacted on this practice: what was useful, what we noticed, what got in the way or was hard.
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We meet every 6 to 8 weeks at 7.30pm in a home in the BD2 area of Bradford. ​We will finish by 9.30pm.
To inquire further about coming along to this group, please contact Alison Woolley using the contact button.