The Importance of Silence and Solitude

My friends and I are going through a book about spiritual disciplines. The latest chapter we read was about silence and solitude. The idea that silence and solitude could be spiritual disciplines seemed strange to me, but the more we read and discussed the more it made sense. Our days are filled with noise. In fact, it is hard to go someplace that is truly quiet. Especially, I think, in recent years; technology keeps getting bigger and better. Perhaps in the days before we had all these...