title: The Voices of God: Hearing God in the silence
author: Charles R Lanham
description: Charles (Chuck) R. Lanham was ordained into the Permanent Diaconate September 17, 2011. It has been a long and often tortuous road. Deacon Chuck currently serves the parish of Saint Albert the Great Catholic Community of the Diocese of Reno, Nevada. He is the Director of Adult Faith Formation and Homebound Ministries for the parish, conducts adult faith formation workshops, and is a frequent homilist. He writes a weekly column for the parish bulletin and is a contributor to the Diocesan newspaper. He is also the current president of the Catholic Professionals &amp; Business Group of Reno, NV. Happily married to Janet for forty-six years, they have two daughters and five grandchildren. He holds undergraduate degrees in History / Political Science, and Business Administration, and a graduate degree in Computer Science. He is a Vietnam Veteran who served in the U.S. Army for nine years. He has worked at several large computer and software companies, and as an entrepreneur has founded three startup businesses. He is the author of numerous technical papers and books and currently shares a patent for a remote monitoring device. He regularly speaks to groups of all ages and sizes and would welcome the opportunity to speak to your group. He can be contacted through his website and blog at http://www.deaconscorner.org. He lives in Reno, Nevada, just minutes away from the shores of Lake Tahoe; you cannot get much closer to heaven than there.
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  There were three confession booths. The light over the door of the middle one
  was on. No one was waiting. The church was empty. Colored light came in
  through the windows and made squares on the central aisle. Monette thought
  about leaving and didn’t. Instead he walked to the booth that was open for
  business and went inside. When he closed the door and sat down, the little
  slider on his right opened. In front of him, tacked to the wall with a blue
  pushpin, was a file card. Typed on it was FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT
  OF GOD’S GLORY. It had been a long time, but Monette didn’t think that was
  standard equipment. He didn’t even think it was Baltimore Catechism.
  
  
  From the other side of the mesh screen, the priest spoke. “How you doing, my
  son?”
  
  
  Monette didn’t think that was standard, either. But it was all right. Just the
  same, he couldn’t reply at first. Not a word. And that was sort of funny,
  considering what he had to say.