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Learning and Connecting Through Shalem’s Online Courses
Article by Jane Sharp (October 2017 eNews) The summer air in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina renews and refreshes. Since we retired, my husband and I spend five to six months in a small cabin there, a couple of hours away from our “real” home in Greensboro. I can sit in silence, looking…
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Young, loving, and beloved
Young, loving, and beloved! oh cruel Death! Couldst thou not spare the treasure for a while? ~Mary Ann H. Dodd Shutts
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The Gift of Contemplative Awareness
Today’s post is by Liz Ward “In God we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17:28 Voices on television, computers and in newspapers expose us to heartbreaking tragedies all over the world; taking in even a tiny fraction of the pain and suffering of creation can seem overwhelming. We see images of pain and…
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Grief, Contemplation and God’s Love (Part 2)
Today’s post is by Tom Adams. This is part 2 of a two-part series. Read part 1 here. The opportunity to feel and to grieve added new energy and opportunity to embrace God’s love and trust in it. In 2014 I transitioned from leading a small consulting company to being a manager in a bigger…
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Nothing can bring
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson