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This is a Time for Contemplatives
Today’s post is by Patience Robbins As I continue to feel the turbulence, conflict and great uncertainty in the air, in me, in our country and world, I struggle to remember what I know from my many years of intentional spiritual practice and my life as a contemplative. Here are a few things that come:…
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Art: Awakening Us to Everyday Wonders
Today’s post is by Mary van Balen My friend Kathryn and I successfully navigated the Metro this morning and made our way to the Musée d’Orsay. Originally it was a railway station that included a hotel and reception room, but as train transportation changed, the station was gradually abandoned. In 1977 the French government decided…
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The Quiet Miracles of Spiritual Direction in Groups
Today’s article is by Ginger Essink (in February 2017 eNews) I fell in love with what Shalem has to offer by starting in group spiritual direction. During the five years I was with my group, I was more enriched than I had ever imagined possible. This program of once-a-month meetings can create deep relationships in…
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Be like the rain
“Let your kindness be like the rain, that cares not about whom it falls upon.” ~Talib al Habib
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Hospitality
Hospitality is the way we turn around a prejudiced world one heart at a time. Hospitality binds the world together. ~Joan Chittister
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I have decided
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.