• Leah Rampy

    • Leah Rampy leads pilgrimages and online courses for Shalem and serves on the faculty of Transforming Community: Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats.  She also leads retreats and groups focusing on spirituality in nature.  Leah and her husband are part of a newly formed cohousing community focusing on community and the environment in Shepherdstown, WV.

Shalem Institute 40 Years: Trusting the Spirit

1973 – Nixon was President, Watergate hearings were beginning, the Vietnam War was ending, and IRA bombs were exploding in London. Amidst this time of unrest, a longing to walk more closely with God was emerging. In Washington, DC, Tilden Edwards, a young Episcopal priest, led a small group of spiritual seekers on retreat. Sensing […]

January 01, 2013 by Leah Rampy

An Abundance of Blessings

“See, I am doing a new thing!  Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”  — Isaiah 43:19 “Behold!  God is doing a new thing.”  With these words, nine teams of Shalem graduates were commissioned as associate faculty to return to […]

December 12, 2010 by Leah Rampy