Before we begin

Observe the instructions below as you enter through the door

  • ·Laptop closed, every device off
  • ·Phones away, screens dark, headphones out
  • ·Let the room be quiet for the next few minutes

The work will still be here. Let us start somewhere else.

The practice

Silence

hands on your lap · feet on the floor · a slow breath

Before anything is said, let the room be quiet.

  • ·Rest your hands on your lap
  • ·Put both feet flat on the floor
  • ·Take a slow, deep breath
  • ·Close your eyes

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breathe

“To you, Lord,
silence is praise.”

Psalm 65:1

Hebrew: lʻkha dumiyah tehillah — “to you, silence is praise, O God, in Zion.” Many English Bibles render it “Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion.”

Amen.

Open your laptops. Let’s begin.