• Shalem Institute

    • Since 1973, the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation has fostered contemplative living and leadership by caring for the spiritual heart in prayer and by offering ways of opening into the life of the Spirit through our programs and other resources. We welcome individuals wherever they are on the path of spiritual discovery.
      Shalem is grounded in Christian contemplative spirituality yet draws on the wisdom of many religious traditions. We provide opportunity for spiritual exploration individually and within a community of seekers.

Summer Resources for Spiritual Sustenance

As we move into the long days of summer, some of Shalem’s board and staff have put together a list of books, movies, poetry and other resources that are contemplatively grounding and inspirational.  Enjoy! BOOKS Tilden Edwards (Founder and Senior Fellow) When Faith Becomes Sight: Opening Your Eyes to God’s Presence All Around You by […]

May 05, 2021 by Shalem Institute
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Coronavirus, Discernment, Grief, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Pandemic, Personal Spiritual Deepening, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, spirituality in community, and Uncategorized. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative movies, contemplative poetry, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Resources, contemplative tradition, Covid-19, discernment, earth, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, joy, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nature, peace, prayer, presence, richard rohr, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spiritual reading, spirituality, suffering, Summer Reading, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.

Fill Your Heart with Joy: The Journey of Pilgrimage at Home

This article is by Chuck McCorkle, Jackson Droney, and Margaret Benefiel A pilgrimage is a journey, of experience if not of geography, into new and seemingly uncharted territory. . . With vision somewhat more clear as a result of the journey, one can discover a richness within one’s own heritage which had previously been overlooked. […]

January 01, 2021 by Shalem Institute 4 Comments
Categories: Community, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Listening, Love, Nature and spirituality, Personal Spiritual Deepening, Pilgrimage, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality in community, Virtual Pilgrimage, and Walking meditation. Tags: Assisi, awareness, Chuck McCorkle, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, earth, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jackson Droney, John of the Cross, joy, labyrinth, listening, love, Margaret Benefiel, Meditation, nature, peace, pilgrimage, prayer, presence, retreat, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, teresa of avila, trust, Virtual Pilgrimage, and walking. Formats: eNews Article.

Inspiration for These Times

Staff/Board Recommendations In the past, we have offered a special book issue that provided a listing of staff/board reading picks. This year, we asked board and staff to consider any contemplative resources they found helpful in this unprecedented time. Books Tilden Edwards (Founder & Senior Fellow) and Jackson Droney (Staff Member) both recommend Barbara A. […]

August 08, 2020 by Shalem Institute 1 Comment
Categories: Community and Contemplative Reading. Tags: Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Resources, and Inspiration. Formats: eNews Article.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who YOU are.

~Joseph Campbell

Categories: Contemplative Living and Contemplative Spirituality. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

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

~James Deacon

 

Categories: Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Living, and Contemplative Spirituality. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

~Paul Gauguin

Categories: Contemplative Living and Contemplative Spirituality. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

~Anonymous

Categories: Contemplative Spirituality. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

Live creatively, breathing existence.

~Rudolf Steiner

Categories: Contemplative Living. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

You may follow one stream. Know that it leads to the ocean, but do not mistake the stream for the ocean.

~Jan-Fishan

Categories: Nature and spirituality and Non-duality. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

Have patience, and the mulberry leaf will become silk.

~Spanish proverb

 

Categories: Contemplative Living and Contemplative Spirituality. Tags: nature and patience. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.