Brian McLaren describes this time that we are in as the birthing of something new, and at the same time it is the death of the old way of being. This silent Sunday is an invitation to listen to what may be stirring as a seed of new life within us, and how we may nurture that into full flourishing.

Richard Rohr describes that people who live their lives open to wonder have a greater chance of meeting the Holy. This silent Sunday is an invitation to open your hearts to wonder, through paying attention with child-like receptivity.

In this reflection I want to explore what it means when God does not answer our prayers, and what this means for our spiritual journey.

Thomas Merton wrote: 'In response to God’s “I am” we echo “I am” and “we are”'. In this talk, guest speaker Graham Lindegger explores the name of God "I am" and what that means for our prayer as an echo of I am.

David Whyte wrote: "Time and each hour of time is a season, almost a personality, with its own annunciation, its own song, its whispering of what is to be born in us. Its appearance like a new conversation in which we are privileged to overhear ourselves participating." This online resource is an invitation to participate fully in each hour, each season that we find ourselves inhabiting.

In this silent Sunday we will explore our relationship with time, and what it means to build a temple in time.

At this time of year in the southern hemisphere we are in the dead of winter, and this holds the invitation for us to stop and really give time to this season, and to hold the sacredness of endings and loss.

This Sunday, 16 June 2024, is an overlap in South Africa of Father's Day and Youth Day. In this reflection we explore what this intersection means in the way we express open-heartedness, compassion and justice.

At this time of year life tends to be very busy, and I know that many are going through times of difficulty and uncertainty, so our theme for this silent Sunday is the invitation to take a breathing pause.