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by Registrar
• This issue begins with a reflection from Alan Krema on the pandemic and its spiritual meaning.
• We offer further suggestions that may help deepen your contemplative practice while we need to stay safely at home.
• Refunds are on the way for everyone who signed up for two upcoming events we’ve had to postpone.
• April Insights come from Pir Elias Amidon, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Jack Kornfield, and Thomas Keating.
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by Registrar
Happy Spring! We hope you had a wonderful Easter. April’s Spirit Journal announces that “early bird” registration is now underway for the Living Flame program that starts in October, as well as for this summer’s Eight-Day Intensive/Post Intensive Retreats. Alan Krema writes about the “Enter the Chaos” retreat he recently attended in Michigan. This retreat will be offered in our area next February
We are also delighted to publish a prayerful poem by Deb Marqui of Healing Gardens, as well as the third and final installment of a Pluck the Day . . . for It Is Ripe, by Jeff Ediger.
Finally, we provide information about several additional contemplative activities that are coming up soon and may be of interest, along with Insights from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Howard Thurman, David Steindl-Rast, and Mary van Balen.
As always, we hope you will let us know what you think about Spirit Journal – and start your side of the conversation – by emailing the editor at the address provided at the end of the newsletter. We look forward to hearing from you!
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March’s Spirit Journal announces a slight change of plans affecting this summer’s Eight-Day Intensive/Post Intensive Retreats, reminds us to save the dates for the 2019-2020 Living Flame program that launches in the fall, and shares information about the final 2019 Living Wisdom workshop coming up on April 13 with Jeff Ediger.
We are delighted to publish a lovely personal reflection on Centering Prayer by Sandy Janowski, one of the leaders of our summer retreats, along with the second installment of a very interesting new long-form piece of writing we think you’ll enjoy: Pluck the Day . . . for It Is Ripe, by Jeff Ediger.
Finally, we provide information about several additional contemplative activities that are coming up soon and may be of interest, along with Insights from Thich Nhat Hanh, Albert Einstein, Sharon Satzburg, and Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee.
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Having taken January off, Spirit Journal is back with a lot of news to share! This issue announces two important new programs: Registration will start soon for this summer’s 2019 Eight-Day Intensive/Post Intensive Retreat and for the 2019-2020 Living Flame program. Have a look at the preliminary information on each of these programs and save the dates!
We also share information about the next Living Wisdom workshop coming up March 9 with Rabbi Rami Shapiro, describe two new part-time employment opportunities with Contemplative Outreach Chicago, and share a poem by Alan Krema inspired by the Living Wisdom Program.
This month also features the first installment of a very interesting new long-form piece of writing we think you’ll enjoy: Pluck the Day . . . for It Is Ripe, by Jeff Ediger. Finally, we provide information about several additional contemplative activities that are coming up soon and may be of interest, along with Insights from Cynthia Bourgeault, Milarepa, Richard Rohr, and Miribai Starr.