Shalem Institute

Sons of Light and Daughters of Day

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to overtake you like a thief. For all of you are children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us stay alert and […]

November 11, 2020 by Anita Davidson
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Listening, Loss, Love, Pandemic, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Solitude, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jesus, leadership, light, listening, love, peace, prayer, presence, racial equity, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Learning the New Song

The old song of my spirit has wearied itself out. It has long ago been learned by heart so that now it repeats itself over and over, bringing no added joy to my days or lift to my spirit… I will sing a new song. As difficult as it is, I must learn the new […]

November 11, 2020 by Margaret Benefiel
Categories: 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, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, Covid-19, discernment, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Howard Thurman, Inspiration, leadership, listening, love, Margaret Benefiel, Meditation, pandemic, peace, prayer, Prayer Vigil for US Election, presence, racial equity, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, trust, and US Election. Formats: eNews Article.

A Day Like No Other

I awoke on Wednesday, November 4, with no small measure of fear and trepidation. I was responsible to lead Shalem’s “Prayer for the World” at 8:30am and had been afraid for weeks that we’d be in exactly the situation in which we awoke: no clear result of the presidential election and an incumbent that was […]

November 11, 2020 by Anita Davidson
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Listening, Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, body prayer, community, compassion, contemplation, discernment, earth, Fr. Thomas Keating, Fr. Thomas Keating's Last Oracle, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, leadership, Liminal Space, listening, love, nature, New Beginnings, oneness, peace, prayer, presence, religion, richard rohr, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Election Day Prayer Vigil

The other day as I was having my prayer time, I was feeling very vulnerable and helpless, particularly in regard to the world situation. This is an ongoing occurrence these days, as things seem to be so chaotic, divisive and truly unpredictable. This chaos and distress in the air has a big impact on me, […]

October 10, 2020 by Patience Robbins
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Prayer Group, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Listening, Love, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, spirituality in community, and Vigil. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, leadership, listening, love, Nan Merrill, peace, prayer, Prayer Vigil for US Election, presence, Psalms for Praying, silence, spiritual practice, spirituality, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

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