Stories give shape to the human experience and touch us in our innermost places. They pick us up right where we are and leave us somewhere else – changed, transformed, […]
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Create Your Life. Write From Your Soul: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” — Sue Monk Kidd All of us have […]
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Create Your Life. Write From Your Soul: A Contemplative Writing Retreat
Life is like a river, often flowing strong and constant and, at other times, hindered by obstacles, churned by storms, and diminished by drought. As we move through life, we […]
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Presence, Prayer , and Writing From the Heart
All of us have many stories to tell. Some involve your family history, spiritual journey, experiences in Nature, or a life-changing situation. Stories can take many forms, but the most […]
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The Power of Story: Exploring Hasidic Tales as a Path to Blessing
Contemplative Enrichment Day of Interfaith Understanding with Rabbi Rami Shapiro Humans are by nature storytellers, and we often become the stories we tell. One of the greatest and most liberating […]
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Presence, Prayer and Writing from the Heart
All of us have myriad stories to tell. Some involve our family history, spiritual journey, experiences in Nature, or a life-changing situation. Stories can take many forms, but the most […]
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Heart Speaks to Heart: Correspondence as Spiritual Practice
Contemplative Enrichment Day with Judith Valente and Brother Paul Quenon, O.C.S.O. Through the ages, correspondence has been an important contemplative practice to recognize and share the presence of God in […]
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Presence, Prayer and Writing from the Heart Retreat
“The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If a story comes to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are […]
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Community Conversations Report
This six-page document provides a report on the global input received as part of the Community Conversations invitation. Nearly 90 source documents were received from all five continents, 26 […]
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