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Receiving the Gift
By Stephanie Gretchen Burgevin. Stephanie is a writer and retreat leader. She is an associate faculty member of Shalem and a graduate of their Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program and leads spiritual and secular programs. Stephanie manages Shalem’s blog. You can see more of her writing at blessedjourneyblog.com. In a meeting with my spiritual director…
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Morning Prayer
“…maybe just looking and listening is the real work. Maybe the world, without us, is the real poem.” –Mary Oliver My morning practice is a simple one. I sit at my kitchen window and watch, actually gaze at, the world in our backyard. I watch the sun moving slowly across the grass, filtering through the…
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Sensing Our Way Back to God
By Stephanie Gretchen Burgevin. Stephanie is a writer and retreat leader. She is an associate faculty member of Shalem and a graduate of their Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program and leads spiritual and secular programs. Stephanie manages Shalem’s blog. You can see more of her writing at blessedjourneyblog.com. I’m guessing we’ve all experienced this at…
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Transitions and Thresholds
By Stephanie Gretchen Burgevin. Stephanie is a writer and retreat leader. She is an associate faculty member of Shalem and a graduate of their Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program and leads spiritual and secular programs. Stephanie manages Shalem’s blog. You can see more of her writing at blessedjourneyblog.com. There are transitions and there are thresholds.…
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Holy Interruptions
By Ann Kulp. Ann is a spiritual director who leads workshops and retreats. and a Shalem adjunct staff member. The daily ingredients that we so often shun as unworthy can hold some amazing treasures if we pause to examine them. Heavens! I’m always busy, and such a piece of wisdom is hardly welcome! But, I want…
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Relishing this Life
By Stephanie Gretchen Burgevin. Stephanie is a writer and retreat leader. She is an associate faculty member of Shalem and a graduate of their Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats Program and leads spiritual and secular programs. Stephanie manages Shalem’s blog. You can see more of her writing at blessedjourneyblog.com. My grandmother, the grand matriarch of the…