Articles on Contemplation in Action

  • What you see

    What you see depends not only on what you look at, but also, on where you look from. ~James Deacon  

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  • The Power of Place

    The Power of Place

    Article by Bryan Berghoef, June 2019 eNews Sitting in my new backyard office shed, I hear the birds chirping around me and look out over the misty flower fields out my window, and I feel a sense of peace. The spaces and places we spend our time in matter. It is an old small barn…

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  • Conscious Leadership as a Spiritual Journey

    Conscious Leadership as a Spiritual Journey

    Article by Margaret Benefiel (May 2019 eNews) What is conscious leadership? When I received the annual Elks leadership award my senior year in high school for my leadership in the Elma Sunshine Makers 4-H Club in Elma, Washington, I thought I knew pretty much everything there was to know about leadership. After all, I had…

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  • You will discover

    In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love. ~Cesar Chavez

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  • Lent is a Time to Listen

    Lent is a Time to Listen

    Today’s post is by Mary van Balen While reading some reflections by Richard Rohr on the presence of Christ in creation from the beginning, I was struck by the phrase “Christ-soaked world.” It brought to mind two Scripture readings from Paul used for the beginning of Lent: one from 2 Corinthians and the other from…

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  • The human heart

    The human heart is exquisitely fragile. Our judgments need to be gentle, our understanding deep, and our forgiveness wide. ~Ron Rolheiser

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