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Keep Walking: An Invitation to Pilgrimage with Shalem on the Camino de Santiago

Walking has long been a pillar of my spiritual life. As a child, I remember walking with my grandmother around her neighborhood and mine, noticing the rabbits hopping about and the birds whizzing from feeder to feeder. I recall many walks with my mother at the cemetery, laying flowers on her father’s grave and listening […]

October 10, 2021 by Jackson Droney 2 Comments
Categories: Beloved Community, Body Prayer, Breath, Camino, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Gratitude, Listening, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Pilgrimage, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality in community, and Walking meditation. Tags: awareness, body prayer, Brenda Bertrand, camino, Camino de Santiago, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, earth, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jackson Droney, joy, love, Meditation, nature, peace, pilgrimage, pilgrims, Portuguese Way, prayer, presence, retreat, Santiago de Compostela, silence, Spain, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, St. James, suffering, trust, walking, and walking meditation. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Answering the Call

How did I get here? How did a singer and voice specialist end up as a spiritual director – much less the director of Shalem’s Spiritual Guidance Program? I’ve asked these questions a lot over the past year while stepping into my new role within SGP. I share the following reflections upon my own spiritual […]

September 09, 2021 by Phillip Stephens 2 Comments
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Gratitude, inspirational music, Listening, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, Spiritual Guidance Program, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, call, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, God, grounding, healing, holy listening, hope, Inspiration, leadership, listening, love, Nurturing the Call, peace, Phillip Stephens, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual companioning, spiritual direction, spiritual growth, spiritual guidance, Spiritual Guidance Program, spiritual practice, spirituality, trust, and vocation. Formats: eNews Article.

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September 09, 2021 by Carole Crumley 12 Comments
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September 09, 2021 by Diane DeSieno 3 Comments
Categories: Beloved Community, Body Prayer, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Prayer Group, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Heart Longings, Listening, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Personal Spiritual Deepening, Prayer, School of Prayer, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, center for action and contemplation, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative prayer, contemplative tradition, Diane DeSieno, garden, garden imagery, God, grounding, healing, Heart Longings, Heart Longings: An Introduction to the Contemplative Path, How to pray, Inspiration, Interior Castle, listening, love, nature, peace, prayer, presence, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, teresa of avila, and watering the garden. Formats: Friday Blog.

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September 09, 2021 by Mary van Balen
Categories: Beloved Community, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Contemplative Voices Award, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Gratitude, Grief, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Pandemic, Personal Spiritual Deepening, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, Byrd Baylor, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Contemplative Voices Award, earth, God, gratitude, grief, grounding, healing, hope, inestimable gift, Inspiration, Joanna Macy, joy, listening, love, Mary van Balen, nature, peace, prayer, presence, silence, social justice, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, The Great Turning, The Great Unraveling, trust, walking, World as Lover, and World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Planetary Awakening. Formats: Friday Blog.

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August 08, 2021 by Lorie Conway
Categories: Beloved Community, Body Prayer, Breath, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Prayer Group, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Gratitude, Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats, Listening, Love, Nature and spirituality, Pandemic, Personal Spiritual Deepening, Prayer, Retreat time, Self Compassion, Service, Solitude, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, spirituality in community, and Walking meditation. Tags: Anaïs Nin, awareness, body prayer, call, calling, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Covid-19, deepening, discernment, expansion, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, leadership, Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program, listening, love, Meditation, nature, pandemic, peace, prayer, presence, Psalm 23, retreat, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, Transforming Community, trust, and walking. Formats: eNews Article.

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August 08, 2021 by Michelle Abbott-Geuder
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August 08, 2021 by Craig Hammond 1 Comment
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.

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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.

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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.