Articles on Contemplation in Action
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New lands
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ~André Gide
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Coming Home
Today’s post is by Patience Robbins I have been pondering Home. Where is Home, what is Home? This led me back to the line in the Gospel of John: “Make your home in me, as I make my home in you.” Ah yes, that is the deep knowing within me. The Divine Mystery, the Beloved,…
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Deep Diving
Article by Joan Paddock Maxwell (June 2018 eNews) Over the years I’ve spent about two hundred hours scuba diving. One of the many fascinating parts of the scuba experience is the increasing quiet you encounter as you go further below the ocean’s surface. I used to love to swim down to one hundred feet and…
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Grounded in Love: Creative Leadership for Our Times
Today’s post is by Margaret Benefiel Marches. Online petitions. Letters to the editor. “Am I doing any good?” I ask myself. “Am I making a difference? Is there another way?” In the face of injustice, wars, and humanity’s inhumanity to humanity, I long to be faithful to doing my part to heal the world. As…
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From Burnout to Aliveness – A Journey through the Soul of Leadership
Article by Eliza Ramos (May 2018 eNews) “…It takes time to still within And merge with life Time in the wild to slow you down… Time to let your life be turned around…” -Noel Davis The year 2013 was one that held no memories for a long time, just a blur, an empty blackness. After six…
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Perhaps I am
Perhaps I am stronger than I think. ~Thomas Merton