To be Silent: The Too Busy Church

A workshop on developing the spiritual discipline of devotional silence in your personal life and in the life of your church. For many of us, life has become busy and noisy and oh so demanding. Our minds race to figure out the latest puzzles of life while bombarded with overwhelming stimulation. This session will highlight the value of silence as a key resource in our spiritual formation to overcoming the power of the world. The purpose is to learn how to experience the transformational benefits of being silent in God’s presence—simple, but not easy. 

The Rev. Dr. Craig Stephans has served as Rector at Church of the Redeemer in Camden, NC since 2010. He is the author of To Be Silent: The Too Busy Church, published by Anglican House in 2019. He graduated from Trinity School for Ministry and Asbury Theological Seminary. For the past 7 years, Craig has served as Chaplain to the Albemarle Pregnancy Resource Center in Elizabeth City, NC. He completed his doctoral dissertation on the project of “Spiritual Formation Training for Pregnancy Resource Center Staff.” He and his wife Missy have two children and two golden retrievers.