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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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Spiritual discernment
Spiritual discernment grows out of ongoing inner preparation. ~Margaret Benefiel
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Howard Thurman: Black Theologian, Mystic, and Mentor
Today’s post is by Mary van Balen The reading from Mark’s gospel about the Gentile woman’s request for Jesus to heal her daughter possessed by a demon is one of my favorites. Jesus had slipped away from the crowds, but the woman found him and threw herself at his feet, asking for help. When Jesus…
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Glimpsing God in the Dark Night
Article by Margaret Benefiel (December 2017 eNews) When 20 young contemplative leaders gathered at the beautiful St. Benedict’s Monastery nestled in the mountains of Snowmass, Colorado with Tilden Edwards, Thomas Keating, Richard Rohr, and Laurence Freeman for five days in August, one of the first themes that surfaced was societal impasse. In the midst of…
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Compassion through Contemplation
Article by Catherine Kerr (featured in November 2017 eNews) Compassion means to understand another’s pain at such a deep level that it’s like feeling it yourself. Many mentors have told me over the years that the essence of pastoral ministry is connection and presence, being with. One seminary professor liked to say that the most…