Jenny Parker- Student Choice III: Silence and Prayer

I was looking back through my notes about this class and came across when Dr. Redick pointed out that sitting in silence is not awkward if you are super close with someone; it can bring peace. I remember thinking wow this is so true. Now looking back at this note and relating it to the class I also know that we must sit in silence in order to be present to God. It is a spiritual experience- sitting in the silence. "Prayer is moral and spiritual discipline that introduces and directs us to the sacred dimension that infuses and under girds all that is." (Lane, p. 1). It brings us closer to God in the presence of one another...how could listening to God ever be awkward? Silence is key to everything. It gives us a chance to escape from the market place, a world filled with chatter. We "must turn ourselves away from the world we have been immersed." (Lane, p. 22). God can speak to us with others around, but we must first be silent because "God speaks in silence".