Dietrich Bonhoeffer famously declared that since many of the church’s words of proclamation have gone dead, its ministry must be for now a silent affair, characterised by prayer and right action.
Many people these days cannot hear the church when it speaks. But what if the church were deliberately to be quiet? How might a contemplative church connect with and communicate to our age? Eleven years ago, Sarah Bachelard founded Benedictus Contemplative Church.
Join this conversation with Sarah and Laurence Freeman as they reflect on what is being learned and on questions emerging.
Leader
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Sarah Bachelard
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Sarah Bachelard is a theologian and leads the Benedictus Contemplative Church in Canberra, Australia. She studied theology at Oxford with Rowan Williams. She is a leading teacher with the WCCM and gave the John Main Seminar in 2019, A Contemplative Christianity for Our Time (2020, Medio media)Â which is the title of her most recent book.
Other Leaders
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Laurence Freeman
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Laurence Freeman is a monk of the Benedictine Congregation of Monte Oliveto. He is the Director of Bonnevaux and of The World Community for Christian Meditation.
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