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Five Gathered

Reflection on the Experience of a Group Spiritual Direction Workshop at Shalem Institute. I had the bountiful blessing of making four very close friends at the Group Spiritual Direction workshop last June. It was not your typical friendship. Five individuals gathered together in faith, in silence, in prayer, and in profound empathy. The gathering was […]

August 08, 2021 by Craig Hammond
Categories: Beloved Community, Body Prayer, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Prayer Group, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Gratitude, Grief, Group Spiritual Direction, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, breathing, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, earth, empathy, God, grief, grounding, group spiritual direction, healing, hope, Jesus, joy, listening, love, Meditation, nature, peace, presence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Grounding in Gratitude

World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Awakening 30th Anniversary Edition by Joanna Macy Edited by Stephanie Kaza Excerpt from Chapter Two The root of joy is gratefulness . . . It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful. —BROTHER DAVID STEINDL-RAST We have received an […]

July 07, 2021 by Joanna Macy 1 Comment
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Contemplative Voices Award, Gratitude, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Contemplative Voices Award, Deep Ecology, discernment, earth, God, gratitude, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Joanna Macy, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nature, presence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, suffering, thankfulness, The Work That Reconnects, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.

Come Away

Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while. Mark 6:31 For the past six weeks our home has been filled to overflowing with the presence of our daughter, her husband and our 19-month-old granddaughter. For several of those days, another of our children, just back from two years in Australia, joined […]

July 07, 2021 by Anita Davidson 2 Comments
Categories: Beloved Community, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, breathing, children, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Covid-19, discernment, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jesus, listening, love, Meditation, nature, pandemic, peace, prayer, presence, retreat, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Heart Longings Commitment Form (regular)

Program Commitment Welcome to the last steps of your acceptance process for joining Shalem’s Heart Longings Program! Step One: Sign and Accept Step Two: Choose a Payment Plan Make sure to complete step 1 by clicking ‘Yes, I accept’ above.  Choose a plan that you can commit to that best meets your needs.  The amounts […]

July 07, 2021 by Trish Stefanik
Categories: Contemplative Spirituality.

Heart Longings Commitment Form (early-bird)

Program Commitment Welcome to the last steps of your acceptance process for joining Shalem’s Heart Longings Program! Step One: Sign and Accept Step Two: Choose a Payment Plan Make sure to complete step 1 by clicking ‘Yes, I accept’ above.  Choose a plan that you can commit to that best meets your needs.  The amounts […]

July 07, 2021 by Trish Stefanik
Categories: Contemplative Spirituality.

Wider Than the Sea

As I pondered and prayed about my experience in Shalem’s new Heart Longings program, a familiar hymn came to mind, and the melody would not go away. As I listened to the tune in my head, I realized it provided the answer as to what I wanted to share about my experience. The hymn with […]

June 06, 2021 by Kimberly McOmber
Categories: Beloved Community, Body Prayer, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Group Spiritual Direction, Heart Longings, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Pandemic, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, social justice, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, body prayer, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Covid-19, discernment, Frederick William Faber, God, grief, grounding, group spiritual direction, healing, Heart Longings, hope, Inspiration, leadership, listening, lockdown, love, Meditation, nature, pandemic, peace, prayer, presence, retreat, Shalem programs, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.

Just as He Was

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to them, “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was.  Mark 4: 35-36 This story, of course, continues with the calming of the storm, but I found myself stuck on that last […]

June 06, 2021 by Anita Davidson 1 Comment
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Listening, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: acceptance, awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jesus, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nonjudgement, Parables, peace, prayer, presence, retreat, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

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June 06, 2021 by Patience Robbins 10 Comments
Categories: Contemplative Spirituality.

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June 06, 2021 by Dana Greene
Categories: Community, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Listening, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Retreat time, School of Contemplative Prayer, School of Prayer, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Book of Wisdom, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Contemporary Spirituality, dana greene, Evelyn Underhill, Evelyn Underhill 80th Anniversary, Evelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life, God, Inspiration, Karl Rahner, listening, mysticism, Mysticism: A Study of the Nature and Development of Man’s (sic) Spiritual Consciousness, prayer, presence, religion, retreat, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, and spirituality. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

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May 05, 2021 by Dana Greene
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality at work. Tags: awareness, c.s. lewis, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, dana greene, discernment, earth, God, grounding, hope, humility, Inspiration, Jesus, laurence freeman, leadership, listening, love, peace, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.