I once heard about the Bishop of Reading standing on a train station platform and giving out egg timers to commuters, encouraging them to sit quietly and do nothing for three minutes a day. He was stressing the importance of stillness in our day, even if it's only for three minutes.
We've all got timers on our mobiles. I'm sure we could all benefit from getting into a daily habit of setting them for 3mins or 5mins or 10mins as a way of reconnecting with God and becoming more aware of His presence and the bigger picture of our lives.
Very occasionally I join others at my Cathedral for Morning Prayer, rather than praying it on my own at home. Every day at the Cathedral, they have a three minute silence as part of Morning Prayer and they introduce it by saying, "Let us encounter God in the stillness and creativity of silence..."
