Articles on Contemplation in Action
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One Step at a Time
There is something beautifully simple in waking up with one main task for the day: walk. That is the invitation on the Camino de Santiago. To pick up your backpack and put one foot down after the other, until you reach that day’s destination. On our first day of walking this past July, strapping my…
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Reflecting on the 3 L’s of My Experience in the Transforming Community Program (TCP26)
During the Transforming Community Program (TCP26), I worked three days a week for five hours at the seminary, drove 100 miles each day, occasionally preached on Sundays, and facilitated various cohorts and community gatherings. I was in a new season in life, serving contractually. For over two decades, I served as a pastor of a…
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More Board/Staff Contemplative Recommendations
“The Green Chapel” Substack by Gideon HeughI have frequently thought of Shalem when reading posts here — Gideon writes with beauty, nuance, and deep sensitivity. (Available to subscribe and free to read.)-Laura Lee Ernst, Board of Directors Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow…a 1959 novel about a wealthy, middle-aged American who feels unfulfilled and…