I recently was invited to be a guest on the “Radical Sacred” podcast, hosted by spiritual director Jenny Misslin and Methodist minister the Rev. Phillip Dieke. They had gotten their hands on a copy of Befriending Silence and began our conversation by reading an excerpt from that book where I talk about Thomas Merton’s famous street-corner epiphany. Needless to say, that led to a wonderful conversation about Merton, mysticism, monasticism, and various other topics related to contemplative spirituality. I hope you enjoy it — use the audio player below to listen, or access the podcast through Apple Podcasts by clicking here. And check out the other episodes of the podcast as well.
And this is just for fun: if you want to see a video clip of the interview, watch this snippet that the podcasters posted on Instagram (just ignore the subtitles, which I’m sure were AI-generated and therefore poor Karl Rahner’s name is totally butchered!). Watch the clip here:
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