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Join with others on zoom to discuss books about silence based prayer & meditation. A slow reading group: we read just a portion of a book for each meeting! |
On Wednesday 15th April 2026 we'll start a new book:
Pico Iyer's, Silence: Lessons from More Than 100 Retreats (Cornerstone Press, 2025).
We'll probably take five or at most six months to read and discuss this text. It's an easy read and very suitable for those exploring or developing a practice of silence.
You can read more about the book here.
Pico Iyer's, Silence: Lessons from More Than 100 Retreats (Cornerstone Press, 2025).
We'll probably take five or at most six months to read and discuss this text. It's an easy read and very suitable for those exploring or developing a practice of silence.
You can read more about the book here.
Our pattern is usually to meet from 7:30-9:30pm on the second Wednesday of each month (but not always). For intended dates in 2026, please scroll down.
Sustaining a discipline of silence based prayer is not always easy.
The reading group offers several ways to support you in this:
The reading group offers several ways to support you in this:
- 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 books about silence, a chapter or a few small sections of a book at a time between meetings, and then gather to discuss what we've found helpful, challenging and encouraging in what we've read.
- Sharing in periods of silence with others supports our individual practice. So before discussing the latest chapter, we share in 20 minutes of silent prayer together, and then a period of 5-10 minutes at the end of the evening.
We usually meet on zoom from 7.30-9.30pm on each month's second Wednesday but occasionally this pattern shifts.
Dates for Pico Iyer's book in 2026:
Dates for Pico Iyer's book in 2026:
- Wed 15th April
- Wed 13th May
- Wed 10th June
- Wed 8th July
- Wed 12th August
To inquire further about coming along to this group, please contact Alison Woolley using the contact button, below.