Experiencing the Beloved Community
Where did life begin for you? My life started in the womb of my maternal grandmother, Margaret Dunnivant Owens, born in 1908 in Giles County, Tennessee, the birthplace of the KKK. Participants in Shalem’s Heart Longings program listened to stories of my grandmother on January 9, 2021, as I honored her legacy, her struggles in […]
February 02, 2021 by Audrey Cox Smith
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Heart Longings, Listening, Loss, Love, Parenthood, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: Amanda Gorman, Ancestors, awareness, Beloved Community, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Dr. Vincent Harding, grief, grounding, healing, Heart Longings, hope, Inspiration, listening, love, peace, prayer, presence, racial equity, social justice, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, The Hill We Climb, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Heart Longings, Listening, Loss, Love, Parenthood, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: Amanda Gorman, Ancestors, awareness, Beloved Community, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Dr. Vincent Harding, grief, grounding, healing, Heart Longings, hope, Inspiration, listening, love, peace, prayer, presence, racial equity, social justice, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, The Hill We Climb, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.
2021-2022 Community – Crossing the Threshold
Program Commitment Welcome to the last steps of your acceptance process for joining Shalem’s Crossing the Threshold Program! Step One: Sign and Accept Step Two: Choose a Payment Plan Make sure to complete step 1 by clicking ‘Yes, I accept’ above. Then, click on the title of a plan below to add it to […]
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February 02, 2021 by Barb Kelly
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats, Listening, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, and spirituality in community. Tags: Ann Ulanov, awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, Contemplative Assumptions, contemplative tradition, God, grounding, healing, Holy One, Howard Thurman, Inspiration, intercessory prayer, leadership, listening, love, MLK, MLK Jr, peace, prayer, presence, Rose Mary Dougherty, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, and Walter Wink. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats, Listening, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, and spirituality in community. Tags: Ann Ulanov, awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, Contemplative Assumptions, contemplative tradition, God, grounding, healing, Holy One, Howard Thurman, Inspiration, intercessory prayer, leadership, listening, love, MLK, MLK Jr, peace, prayer, presence, Rose Mary Dougherty, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, and Walter Wink. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
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January 01, 2021 by Shalem Institute 3 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.
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.
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December 12, 2020 by Barb Kelly
Categories: Christmas, 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, Service, social justice, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: 2020, awareness, Christmas, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, Genesis, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Howard Thurman, Inspiration, Jesus, joy, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nature, New Year's Eve, peace, prayer, presence, qadash, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Rabbi Heschel, Renewal, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
Categories: Christmas, 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, Service, social justice, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: 2020, awareness, Christmas, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, Genesis, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Howard Thurman, Inspiration, Jesus, joy, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nature, New Year's Eve, peace, prayer, presence, qadash, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Rabbi Heschel, Renewal, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
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December 12, 2020 by Anita Davidson 2 Comments
Categories: Christmas, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Pandemic, Prayer, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Christmas, Christmas Star, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, dark and light, earth, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jesus, joy, light, listening, love, Meister Eckart, nature, peace, prayer, presence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, Steven Charleston, suffering, trust, and Winter Solstice. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
Categories: Christmas, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Pandemic, Prayer, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Christmas, Christmas Star, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, dark and light, earth, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jesus, joy, light, listening, love, Meister Eckart, nature, peace, prayer, presence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, Steven Charleston, suffering, trust, and Winter Solstice. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
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December 12, 2020 by Jackson Droney 3 Comments
Categories: Advent, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Barbara Brown Taylor, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, dark and light, Dark Night of the Soul, darkness, discernment, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, John of the Cross, leadership, listening, longest night, love, Meditation, nature, Noche oscura, pandemic, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, teresa of avila, trust, and Winter Solstice. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
Categories: Advent, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Barbara Brown Taylor, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, dark and light, Dark Night of the Soul, darkness, discernment, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, John of the Cross, leadership, listening, longest night, love, Meditation, nature, Noche oscura, pandemic, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, teresa of avila, trust, and Winter Solstice. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
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December 12, 2020 by Jessica Smith
Categories: Advent, Body Prayer, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, contemplative sports, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: 2020, awareness, body prayer, breathing, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, earth, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jessie Smith, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nature, pandemic, peace, prayer, presence, racial equity, racial justice, rhythm, rilke, running, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.
Categories: Advent, Body Prayer, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, contemplative sports, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: 2020, awareness, body prayer, breathing, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, earth, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jessie Smith, leadership, listening, love, Meditation, nature, pandemic, peace, prayer, presence, racial equity, racial justice, rhythm, rilke, running, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.
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December 12, 2020 by Keith Kristich
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Self Compassion, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: A.H. Almaas, awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, Einstein, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, listening, love, Meditation, nature, peace, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Pandemic, Prayer, Self Compassion, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: A.H. Almaas, awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, Einstein, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, listening, love, Meditation, nature, peace, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.