New Rhythms of Grace

People are somewhat taken aback when I say I don’t want to be a menace to my family, employees, or friends. Parker Palmer got it right when he described a leader as “someone with the power to project either shadow or light onto some part of the world and onto the lives of the people […]

January 01, 2022 by Kathleen Richard 1 Comment
Categories: Beloved Community, Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Coronavirus, Discernment, Leadership, Listening, Pandemic, Prayer, Retreat time, Service, Soul of Leadership, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, spirituality at work, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative leadership, contemplative tradition, discernment, God, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Kathleen Richard, leadership, listening, love, pandemic, parker palmer, prayer, presence, retreat, silence, Soul of Leadership, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, and trust. Formats: eNews Article.

Hearts Broken Open

In mid-March, all the numbers fell off my calendar and clock as my carefully arranged plans changed in an instant. With the spread and threat of the COVID-19 virus, my sensibly constructed life changed. For the next month, I would watch every single plan change, die, or be reconceived in some way or another. The […]

August 08, 2020 by Robbie Pinter 3 Comments
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Listening, Loss, Love, Pandemic, Prayer, Race, Self Compassion, Service, social justice, Solitude, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality at work. Tags: awareness, Black Lives Matter, community, compassion, contemplation, contemplative tradition, discernment, God, grief, grounding, hope, Inspiration, leadership, listening, love, parker palmer, peace, prayer, presence, racial equity, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, suffering, trust, walking, and Wayne Muller. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Learning To Sit With Not Knowing

Today’s Special Video Blog is by Carrie Newcomer, the recipient of Shalem’s 2019 Contemplative Voices Award on October 27! “Learning To Sit With Not Knowing” from “The Point of Arrival”   “Abide” by Carrie Newcomer and Parker Palmer from “A Permeable Life”   “Room At The Table” from “A Permeable Life”

October 10, 2019 by Carrie Newcomer
Categories: Community, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Leadership, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Spirituality, Contemplative Voices Award, inspirational music, Love, Nature and spirituality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: art, awareness, Carrie Newcomer, community, compassion, contemplation, grounding, Inspiration, joy, listening, love, music, nature, parker palmer, peace, prayer, spiritual growth, spirituality, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it,
I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

~Parker Palmer

Categories: Prayer and Spiritual Deepening. Tags: listening and parker palmer. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.