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Rich Lewis is an author, speaker, and coach who helps people break through limiting beliefs, overcome fear, and pursue a life of meaning and purpose.
Silence Teaches is a place where you can explore the transformative power of silence, contemplative prayer, and spiritual practices that help you deepen your relationship with God and live with greater clarity and peace.
If you’re interested in deepening your spiritual life, you’re welcome to join my weekly meditation email.
If you’re not sure how to begin, I created a free Centering Prayer ebook to help you start sitting in silence with God.
It’s simple, practical, and will help you begin right away.
Each Monday I share:
• A short meditation on spiritual growth
• Insights on centering prayer and the contemplative life
• Reflections from books I’m reading
• Practical tools like gratitude, visualization, affirmations, and journaling
• Resources that can help you grow spiritually and live with greater clarity
Rich is the author of Sitting with God: A Journey to Your True Self Through Centering Prayer. The book explores how silence and contemplative prayer can deepen your relationship with God and help you discover your true self.
If you’re curious about the practice of centering prayer or want to explore a deeper life with God through silence and contemplation, Sitting with God offers a simple and practical introduction to the journey.
Rich is currently working on his second book.
Since the release of Sitting with God, Rich has appeared on over 150 podcasts, sharing the practice and transformative power of centering prayer with audiences around the world.
In addition to centering prayer, Rich practices and teaches several powerful tools that help people move beyond limiting beliefs, including gratitude, visualization, affirmations, and journaling.
Much of what Rich shares on this site comes from his own journey — learning to sit quietly with God, letting go of control, and discovering how transformation often happens slowly, in silence.
Through his website Silence Teaches, Rich publishes weekly meditations, book reviews, interviews, practical tips, and videos designed to help others deepen their spiritual lives and grow in clarity, courage, and purpose.
His writing has appeared in a number of contemplative and spiritual publications, including Contemplative Light, Abbey of the Arts, Contemplative Outreach, EerdWord, In Search of a New Eden, The Ordinary Mystic at Patheos, The Contemplative Writer, and the Christian Meditation Center.
Rich has practiced centering prayer daily since June 1, 2014. Because this practice has been so life-giving and transformative, he feels called to share his journey with others who wish to deepen their relationship with God.
From time to time, Rich also works with individuals who want support breaking through limiting beliefs, deepening their spiritual lives, or gaining clarity about the direction of their lives. If you feel drawn to explore coaching, you are welcome to reach out through his coaching page.
Rich lives with his family in Waxhaw, North Carolina.
Thank you for visiting Silence Teaches. My hope is that the reflections and resources you find here help you slow down, listen for God, and grow spiritually.
If you’re an author, coach, or content creator, I’ve also shared 10 tools that helped me grow my work. You can download it here.
Peace,
Rich Lewis
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