July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 Deep Listening to the Spirit Leah Rampy

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 Deep Listening to the Spirit Leah Rampy

May the God of hope fill you with all joy leaders seem ineffective. How can I fix it. If I really looked, I’d need to do and peace in believing, so that by the power continue to hold the sense that all is something. of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. well, that all is one? —Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with Thich Nhat Hanh says that the con- all joy and peace in believing….” IN In wonderfully spacious moments of templative stance is “looking deeply at believing. It is only as I believe, that I listening, I am sometimes gifted to life as it is in the very here and now.” have the capacity to hold the pain with- sense that all is woven together, that all That’s easier to do when I like what I out the ability to fix it. It is as I trust the hearts beat together in the One. Surely see, when I’m looking at beauty and Spirit that I can be guided to what is all is well and all will be well. I trust love and right action. But sometimes it’s mine to do. As I believe in the power of the Spirit, and I abound in hope. From very difficult to look deeply at “the very the Spirit, I can look at life as it is in the that deep place, I look around and see here and now”; I am overwhelmed, and here and now with my spiritual heart breathtaking beauty in our world and I look away. open wide enough to see and hold both incredible acts of love. We are blessed the beauty and the brokenness, the joy to witness to the glow of sunrise, the Of course looking away can be an ap- and the pain. reds and golds of autumn, fresh moun- propriate response to an overwhelming tain streams, acts of kindness and the amount of news reported on a single In a recent Huffington Post article, touch of a loved one. tragic story, for example. Looking away Joshua DuBois wrote about previously is an appropriate response when we unreported details of President Obama’s Yet it’s not always so easy. We also need to pause to pray for the situation visit to the families of Sandy Hook see tragedy, horrific violence, and or discern what is invited next. But I victims. For hours, two families at a heartbreak. Species are vanishing, our sometimes look away because I simply time, the President went from group oceans are dying, economic disparity don’t want to look deeply at life as it to group, hugging parents, inviting grows, justice is not equal, and our is. It’s too painful. I don’t know how to them, “Tell me about your son…. Tell

2 Shalem Institute me about your daughter….” Over Opening our spiritual hearts deeper A Prayer for and over, writes DuBois, the President and wider to hold the pain we witness listened, looked directly into the eyes daily frees us for the love and compas- Cupped Hands of the shattered parents and offered sion that is invited in each moment, support and prayer. I know little of the enables us to let go our mental quick This is my singing bowl. President’s spiritual practices or deeply ﬁxes, and invites us to surrender to This is my begging bowl. held beliefs. But his willingness to look what is ours to do in God’s unfolding This is my drinking cup. gently and fully into the faces of pain dream. When the God of hope ﬁlls us This is the font models what is possible for us. with the joy and peace in believing, we in which rests God’s blessing. look deeply at life as it really is; there is This is the chalice Of course my rational mind immediate- no need to turn away. in which rests God’s healing. ly asks, “Why would I want to look at This is the crucible pain? Why would I open to suffering?” When our spiritual hearts are wide in which rests God’s refining. Richard Rohr answers that pain is our open, we can get take a stand day after This teacher, the only thing strong enough day for causes that seem beyond our and all of this to “grab our attention and defeat the capacity, and we can work for results is gift ego’s dominance.” Our egos are always that will not come to bear fruit in our and only gift. trying to arrange the world the way we lifetime. And by the power of the Holy This is my singing bowl. want it to be. Of Jesus and Buddha, Spirit—not by our intellect, determina- Rohr writes, “Pain is the foundational tion or promise of results—we abound —Nigel Weaver teacher of transformation for both of in hope. them, which led to compassion in Bud- Nigel is a participant in Shalem’s Going Deeper: dhist language and love in Christian Leah is Shalem’s executive director. Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership Program. language.”

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 3 The Gift of Congruence Tim Hamlin

Parked on a little beach beside a lake disciplined and the pilot has relaxed…at waves with brash indifference is utterly tucked into the corner of the Western which point the dance begins. foreign to a sailing craft. The option Hemisphere is a small sailboat. It’s a doesn’t exist. Sailing is about accom- fairly humble craft, sporting the nicks I say “dance” because there is always an modation, attentiveness, and patience. and insults of three decades of use and interplay of me and beyond-me. There Without these qualities, a sailor gets boasting but a single, well-worn sail are my actions of guiding, adjusting, wet…or nowhere…or both! which the sun has faded from navy to and leaning. There are also dynamics baby blue. But for all her modesty, this that are so far beyond me: the wind, Of course, what sailors miss in speed beloved vessel takes me to one place the sun, and the waves. I often aim for and distance, they make up for in what very few other conveyances in my life a point across the lake, setting my tiller I call the gift of “congruence.” Many can carry me: into the Presence. and my mind upon this far-away goal. endeavors speak of finding “the groove.” That is my intention, and perhaps even Artists, athletes, writers, and musicians It’s not easy. Nor is it automatic. My a great hope. But it’s not all about me, know of it. Elusive and delicious, there nautical journey toward Presence often and nothing is guaranteed. Winds shift, is a moment when the “dance” becomes entails some initial entanglements. A waves buffet, and courses sometimes effortless. In sailing terms, the wind is sailboat can be a booby trap of ropes change. I may make it there. Then again, steady, the heel is right, the sun is gentle, and wires that will trip and trap and I may find myself heading toward a new and the waves seem to be perpetually pinch and occasionally evoke a string destination that is perhaps just as inter- sloping in one’s favor. All thoughts of of words rarely found in contemplative esting…so long as I’m able to release pinched fingers and recalcitrant squalls literature. Then there are those moments myself to it. evaporate in the presence of an encom- of frustration when it becomes painfully passing right-ness and rhythm. This is apparent that the wind is not at my beck Anyone who has ever dared to make the succulent fruit of all the prepping, and call—that it never was and never the switch from power-boating to sail- the hoisting, and the trimming. will be. And, of course, there’s that stage ing knows that this paradigm shift is of antsy jostling for comfortable position about more than saving gas. There is a What I tend to forget, however, is that that so often precedes settling into the necessary spiritual change. Power-boats the Presence is in all of it. It’s not just the stillness. But, in time, all these things are unabashedly willful. That is their “groove.” It is also the sundry steps and pass. The sail is trimmed, the lines are strength. The sheer act of bisecting missteps that lead up to it and follow it.

4 Shalem Institute Could the Presence even be in the string stories can be hilarious, while also car- to safety, never again venturing out of salty language that follows an unwel- rying deep truth about our pretense of over our heads for the remainder of the come encounter with the boom?! power and self-sufﬁciency. vacation.

I need to remember the all-inclusive na- Once, visiting a Mexican resort and fan- Contemplative insights certainly can ture of the journey so that I don’t dispar- cying myself a reasonably adept sailor, arrive in a quiet chapel or on a bucolic age the more mundane and messy parts. my family and I set out with me at the afternoon walk. Mine tend to arrive wet Brother Lawrence elevated the pots and helm of a small catamaran. It became and wild—deep gifts of humility, grati- pans to holiness. Can I do the same clear to me within a very few minutes tude and awe delivered on the wings of with the wires and ropes, no matter how that the winds were stronger than most a stout south breeze. confounding they can become? Can I I had encountered in upstate New York. do this long after the boat is pulled back Going with the wind was no problem. Tim, a graduate of Shalem’s Personal up on the beach, when the necessary But tacking back upwind toward our Spiritual Deepening Program (PSDP), co- “wires” and “ropes” of ordinary living place of origin was another matter leads a PSDP group in upstate New York. vex me to no end? To realize where I altogether. The family’s initial implicit end and the Other begins is awareness trust in me began to waver as they saw forever unfurling for me. Perhaps the gift the look of consternation on my face. embedded in sailing is how quickly the In time, someone asked how “we” were lesson is given, if not learned. doing—God bless them. I admitted that my prowess was being sorely taxed. In Probably every sailor can relate a other words, I wasn’t sure how we were drenching tale of the encounter between getting back. The happy conclusion of hubris and holiness— that moment this story came when a vigilant resort when “pride goeth before the fall,” often employee popped over the surf astride a fall into the “drink!” Ego meets the a jet ski, sporting a ready tow-rope and Elements, and we know who wins. The a big smile. In no time, we were back

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 5 Wonderings about Prayer Liz Ward

“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in being in prayer. I sensed that her prayer made me want to explore more fully God, and God in him.”—I John 4:16 was just to love each in the moment, as how my images of prayer may some- she was doing, and this compassionate times blind me to the fullness of life in She was trying to discern what to do. love was the way she was communing the Unitive Reality in which we all live She was torn between two loves—her with God, living in God. and move and have our being. love for her aging parents and her family who live hundreds of miles It seemed that words and formal, With this perspective in mind, I am away and her love for her congregation structured prayer, or even intentional suspecting that experiencing compas- that is thriving under her dedicated, stillness and silence, were not the invi- sionate love—love that is not clouded contemplative leadership. Should she tation for this moment in her discern- or trapped in a particular moment by look for a parish closer to her parents ment. Couldn’t just taking the time ego attachments—is a way of being in even though she does not feel that her to more fully experience each of her prayer, a way of being in communion current ministry is complete? Is her conflicting loves be her prayer rather and union with God. I am suspecting regret about missing quality time with than just a preparation for prayer and that experiencing deep, spontaneous her family a sign that she should move discernment? Are there not many and compassion is a way of participating closer to her parents as they face dif- various ways to be prayerfully alive to in, living in God’s ever-present, ever ficult transitions caused by declining the oneness of Overflowing Love? Are dynamic and loving prayer for creation. health? there not, as Rumi says, “hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground?” If so, is it still prayer even when there After reflecting on her love for her fam- is not a conscious intention to be in ily and her love for her congregation, This graced conversation has lived in prayer or to remember that you are she said she was having trouble praying my heart and refreshed my perspec- living in the Presence? Can just feeling about what to do and felt uncomfort- tives on prayer yet again. It has made compassionate love in the moment, able for not being more prayerful. As me feel, once again, that sometimes my being immersed in a spontaneous, we paused for a moment in silence, I definitions of prayer are too small for egoless concern for another or others, sensed that all her love for her fam- the huge, mysterious vastness and deep be a prayerful way of living in the flow ily and her congregation was a way of loving Presence of The Holy One. It has of Holy Life, of being immersed in the

6 Shalem Institute loving heart of God? Do we always and union, a way of being in prayer wonderings. They remind me that need the structure and intentionality even if it is not overtly intentional? growing in love is a way of gradually we so often associate with prayer? Can’t compassionate love be a “thin realizing our deep union with Abid- This is not to say that intentionally place” where the reality of our deep ing Love and even hopefully becoming sitting and quietly listening for clarity union with Radiant Love becomes a fuller participant in this Mysterious or just silently resting in the Presence more alive? Love. Somehow this sounds like yet is not a foundational, and many times, another of many beautiful ways to be crucial way of being in prayer. Rather I Do feelings always have to be consid- in prayer. am suspecting that God’s transfiguring ered distractions that separate us from gift of communion and union is larger the deeper Unity in which “everything Love all of God’s creation. The whole and than words or silence, larger than mo- belongs?” Can’t we learn to move like every grain of sand of it. Love every leaf, tion and stillness, larger than conscious a “feather on the breath of God” when every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, intent or spacious wordless, imageless compassionate love is the way we are in love the plants, love everything. If you love resting in God. I am sensing that feel- prayer? Can’t God grow our inner free- everything, you will perceive the divine ings that arise from our spiritual hearts, dom for God in this way of praying just mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you from our true self, especially feelings as God frees us in other ways of pray- will begin to comprehend it better every day. like compassionate love, can also be a ing? Can’t we, paradoxically, grow in And you will come at last to love the whole way of being in prayer, a way of unself- detachment and inner freedom through world with an all-embracing love. consciously being in God. compassionate love, through moments when we are dwelling in Love without Liz is the director of Shalem’s Nurturing the If God is love, or “Love Loving,” can’t egos clouding or blocking the way? Call: Spiritual Guidance Program. selfless love, the gifted love that is God alive in the fullness of creation, that Some words from Father Zossima, the comes from God and flows back to Russian staretz in The Brothers Karam- God, be a way of being in communion azov, come to mind as I consider these

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 7 A Willingness to Try New Things… Laurel Coote tiness being alone often brought. midst of that rain, a beam of sun- I don’t know exactly when I became Love, marriage and a baby-on-the-way light broke through the clouds as the someone who was willing to try on moved my husband to start going to rain stopped. I laughed and thanked new things. Maybe it was when my church again, and he took me with God for being there. Within about younger brother died and I had to step him. It had been a while for me, but 30 seconds, the beam descended into into a new way of being me. Or maybe when I stepped into that sanctuary, I the clouds, the rain returned with the it was when we moved to Illinois and felt at home. Over time a deep inner wind, and I was alone in the stillness of I arrived at school wanting desperately longing was less and less able to be that mountain spot. to belong. Years later I made one of the ignored. I was spiritually hungry and most significant choices of my life when desired knowledge, connection, and But for the first time in my life, I no I decided to move from Chicago to intimacy with both my God and my longer felt alone. And perhaps also for Southern California. Laid off, with two community. God led us to a new parish the first time, stillness did not frighten months left on my lease and no family where I had the opportunity to partake me. It enveloped me as if a loving em- nearby, the invitation felt right. Some in a program of theological study. brace, comforting me, keeping me safe. called it fate. I believe it was divine. I returned home, not with answers, but And then, something happened. Half with a peace and calm about me. All My first Christmas in California by way through the program, I felt God’s that lay ahead was the unknown, but myself was one of the loneliest times in tug on my sleeve. The recession hit now I found myself content and ready my life. Yet I made it through and began and clients left. Yet in the midst of for a serious exploration into what and to discover who I was, what mattered to my world falling apart, God spoke to how God was calling me. me, and what I desired. Most impor- me. While in Wales, I wandered alone tantly, I learned what it meant to be with through the pouring rain to a hill with I began meeting with a spiritual direc- myself, alone. Often it was terrifying, a cross, overlooking meadows of rock, tor and began coursework to learn and in desperation I became an expert sheep and trees. Sitting there, I asked about listening, stillness, mysticism at being busy and engaged. Feelings of God to be with me, help me and show and the sacred. The more I learned and being needed replaced those of the emp- me that I was not alone. And in the practiced being still with God, the more

8 Shalem Institute I felt called to shepherd others on their asked. “What would you have me do?” give me the space to be imperfectly journey. With awe I watched as God led As I sat in stillness, the word “deacon” me. I realized quickly that there was no people to me and how God, through came to me. It caught me off-guard one way or right way but that the act me, touched their lives. and frightened me. My mind raced to of coming to God in stillness itself was doubt, worry, worthiness and skepti- enough. Still, I hungered for more stillness and cism. Then I heard, “Yes, you.” I was a deeper practice, and that is when I stunned into stillness, though I wanted During the course I came to God where discovered Shalem’s Online School of to run. Surely God had gotten the I felt most at home. Sometimes I would Contemplative Prayer. It came at a time message wrong? Finally, I promised pray aloud and then just sit in stillness, when I strongly desired to be close to God that I would consider it. (I laugh unaware of all that surrounded me. and with God daily and felt that I need- as I remember bargaining with God!) Other times, I might sit and quietly ob- ed the structure, encouragement and By God’s grace, and with the support serve everything with a keen eye. And support that a community could give. and love of my family and community, at times, stillness and calm evaded me. being a deacon has now become a very I’m aware now of how God sits with us Before the course was to begin, I sat real possibility. in both stillness and struggle. outside to pray in the warmth of the sun. Chimes rang intermittently; the When the Shalem online course began, God is found in everything and every- fountain gurgled steadily in the back- I willingly jumped in and began shar- where. I came away from the course ground with the occasional chirp from ing with others in the online com- with a stronger awareness of this—and the birds. I began with the mantra, munity. Having just had the most that God only waits for us to join him “Thy will be done,” and thought of profound prayer experience of my life, every day—wherever and however we Henry Nouwen’s words about prayer— I was both excited and a little anxious are if only we are willing how hard it is for us to allow ourselves about stepping into a daily practice of to be and acknowledge that we are centering prayer. After all, what might Laurel, a Certified Spiritual Director living in God’s beloved. God next reveal? Weekly lessons, jour- Southern CA, was a participant in Shalem’s nal prompts and guided meditations Online School of Contemplative Prayer and On this day I felt that it was time for helped expand the experience. Reading is presently discerning a call to the Episcopal me to stop praying in generalities. others’ comments about both their joys diaconate. “Lord, what is thy will for my life?” I and their struggles with prayer helped

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 9 Learning to See & Hear Bill Stone Perspective, in art and in life, is impor- Two years into this unexpected cul- stories Will has already heard hundreds tant. Learning to see and hear things ture shock, I became a participant in of times before. from more than one point-of-view is Shalem’s Young Adult Life and Leader- an essential part of understanding and ship Initiative (YALLI). In this program Towards the end of the film, a conver- communicating. We hear this often, I found resources and a supportive sation with one of his father’s doctors and take it for granted, but over the community that contributed to my per- helps Will begin to hear these stories in last few years I’ve been re-learning this sonal spiritual deepening. Surprisingly, a new way. As he reflects on everything received wisdom. this deepening also helped me re-evalu- he’s heard, Will begins to see a truth ate my outlook on living abroad. in these stories that runs beneath the Four years ago I moved to Scotland and narrative of big fish and werewolves. was amazed to discover that despite the Big Fish is one of my favorite films. It And then, in an incredibly moving fact that both the Scots and I claimed to tells the story of a young man, named scene, he becomes a storyteller himself, speak English, we had a difficult time Will, who has grown up listening to his co-authoring with his father. In this understanding each other. At first the father tell far-fetched stories about his co-creation he is able to bring his own idiosyncrasies of Scottish English were life—from how he used his wedding identity and meaning into the stories a delight—I felt like I was becoming ring as bait to catch a giant fish on the his father has told. He is able to begin an insider as I learned to order “chips” day his son was born to the time he owning someone else’s stories as his. instead of “french-fries” and throw worked for a werewolf in a travelling away my “rubbish” in the “bin.” After a circus. Will’s annoyance at these stories Our conversations about God and faith few months, however, my delight began eventually becomes a lack of trust in his can sometimes feel like those Will had to fade into frustration. It was not just father, and the film quickly finds Will with his father. My teenage Sunday a new set of words that I needed to and his wife travelling to visit a dying School class recently read the story of learn and understand—it was a new man to whom Will has not spoken in Jesus turning water into wine at a wed- culture, with quirks and nuances that three years. ding in Galilee. After they had finished I’m still discovering. I would often find reading the story, they demanded to myself misunderstanding things people In the hospital Will begs his father know “what really happened.” The said or struggling to find things on to stop the stories—to tell him the curriculum we were using suggested my shopping list because the ingredi- truth about who he is and give a real talking about the difference between ents I needed were called one thing in recounting of his life. The father’s miracles and magic tricks, and this America and another thing in the UK. response, however, is to re-tell the same was, at the very least, unhelpful. Both

10 Shalem Institute my teenagers and this curriculum were beneath the surface and in the depths Birches interested in getting to the bottom of of our identities and stories to find things, which is good, but they were the divine presence which binds us trying to do this from a particular together. As we learn to be more aware Walking by a stand of birches perspective. They were interested in the of this shared given-ness in all of life, bark tattered, torn, empirical data—the who, what, when, we are better able to cultivate a spirit of waving loosely in the warm, spring breeze and where of the story. gratitude and embrace the many ways layer upon layer in which we contribute to one another’s peeled back, Just as Will went through much of his lives and stories. shedding the old life unable to hear the truth spoken in exposing what is beneath – his father’s stories, we can often be so There are times when this is easily smooth, new bark focused on one way of looking at things done. I find gratitude and a sense of unmarked and unmarred by that we miss the greater truth. Our lack God’s nearness are in ready supply Nature’s elements of understanding can then lead to a during pilgrimages to the Isle of Iona— and daily life. lack of trust, both in ourselves and in where the prayer-soaked medieval ab- They ask of me, others. In my own experience of cul- bey, the sea, and the slow pace of island What are you to shed ture shock, I was focusing exclusively life combine to create a truly special making way on differences and annoyances, missing place. There are other times, however, for something new many invitations to learn and discover when God feels distant and gratitude is to emerge? more about myself, and others. difficult to practice. And it is in these times that a supportive community and —Shirley K. Weyrauch We are reminded by Ignatius of Loyola my daily prayer practices have proven that God is in all things, and we are essential. Shirley is a graduate of Shalem’s Transforming compelled by the contemplative tradi- Community: Leading Contemplative Prayer tion to receive God’s presence every- Bill, a graduate of Shalem’s Young Adult Groups & Retreat Program. where as a gift. The given-ness of God’s Life and Leadership Initiative, is a minister presence in all of the people we meet in the PC(USA) currently serving as a youth and in all of the stories we hear invites minister in Edinburgh, Scotland. us to change our perspective—to look

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 11 Gifts of Contemplative Grounding for our Later Years Tilden Edwards

Even though our outward nature is wasting in our spiritual heart, which is the As we spend time in the contemplative away, our inner nature is being renewed day place in us where we are most vulnera- practices that help us live more from by day. — 2 Cor. 4:16 bly and directly present to deep Reality, our spiritual hearts, we come to appre- the place where we realize our mutual ciate a different sense of time. In the St. Paul’s experience is that there is indwelling and deepest belonging. heart, we can be shown hints of eternal more to us than our “outward nature.” time, a sense of the vibrant eternal Now As he proclaimed so strongly, the core As we more and more come to trust where everything happens and belongs of our being is a unique shaping of and taste our deeper self in God together. Our mind’s conditioned view divine being, of the Radiant Love that (deeper than the ego, sensate, and of narrow, linear time is relativized by is the ever-pulsing heart of reality. thinking levels of our identity), we find this qualitatively different sense of time; Paul sees us “in Christ,” Christ who is that our way of living into our physical we find ourselves part of an inclusive, the expression of God’s transforming aging is positively affected. Here are timeless awareness. Everything lives in presence everywhere. We are part of some examples. an interrelated, radiant whole. We be- a wondrous, relational wholeness that long to that whole more than we belong includes all of creation. We still care for our “outer nature,” to some separated sense of self. seeing it as a gifted vessel of divine It’s not a static wholeness. We’re human presence and creative loving purpose. We may be given a sense of true Home expressions of a mysterious, cosmic We still enjoy what we’re given to enjoy in that larger sense of time as we find process of ongoing birth, growth, in the body and mind, probably even it pervaded by intimate loving Light. death, and transformation into new more so than before, because we live This may be received only in a brief life. Our human nature is part of that with less background dread of our flash of awareness, but it’s a transfor- dynamism. Paul calls that dynamism physical demise. We live in the trust mative flash that is branded into our “renewal.” We could just as well call it that there is more to us than our outer memories. Such awareness deepens the ever-deeper realization of our true nature. our yearning to live from the deathless nature in God. That realization evolves Love it reveals.

12 Shalem Institute watering even if no human capacity is to embrace that trust, all our “letting left in us but that of lovingly smiling go’s” in the later years happen within God’s smile to someone in our view. that Love. Each letting go leaves room for something else made of that Love. In this outer kin-dom participation As Quakers say, once a door is closed, growing from our inner-kin-dom then another can open. awareness, we share something of Je- sus’ consciousness and invitation seen Overall, our contemplative ground- in scripture. We share the overflow of ing in our later years can help us live his awareness of eternal intimacy with more fully from the awareness of our Rilke alludes to this longing in our God into a vision of the beloved com- spiritual hearts, freer to live in the mature years when he says, in God’s munity on earth. Younger adults usu- ever-fresh present moment—in the voice: “Hasn’t my longing ripened in ally participate in that vision through living Now of God. We can trust more you from the beginning as fruit ripens their years of work, community service fully that the Now isn’t just a stale on a branch? I am the dream you are and often marriage and child-raising prison of the past but a pregnant Spirit dreaming. When you want to awaken, responsibilities. In Hindu tradition delivery room of life and hope, where I am that wanting….” Rilke expresses this is referred to as the “householder” one moment isn’t just a repeat of the the mutually indwelling intimacy stage of life. In that tradition, the last, where tomorrow isn’t just another of contemplative awareness, a para- last stage of life, when “householder” today. doxical intimacy because the longing responsibilities are lessened or ended, speaks of an incompleteness in us, a provides special opportunities to par- Death of the body, our outer nature, being drawn forward, and yet the very ticipate in personal spiritual deepen- also can be seen as a delivery room. longing is God’s yearning presence in ing. In the context of Christian and the As Mary Oliver says, “(I’m) expecting our yearning. other two Abrahamic traditions, we to be told to pack nothing, except the would add that in our later years there prayers which, with this thirst, I am Whether or not we have any direct is also more opportunity to participate slowly learning.” We enter the beyond flashes of Home, our yearning for God in the earthly kin-dom vision in ways with no possessions, yet our moments is itself a sufficient experience of God’s we are given and gifted, grounded in of living from the spiritual heart can longing presence, God’s home in us. the compassion, freedom and wisdom leave us trusting that we are eternally That very yearning is a divine beacon of growing inner kin-dom awareness. possessed by the larger Love of which that we can trust to guide us to the we are made. Whatever shone with fullness of our home in Radiant Love. Also, with a deepening trust in our that Love in us during this earthly life, inner nature, our true self in God, we I trust will be shaped into a trans- Awareness of that inner kin-dom of can find ourselves more often able to formed being, living in more intimate heaven can draw us to a sense of vi- gracefully accept the many physical holy communion, hopefully able to sion and calling for the extension of and mental diminishments of aging, enjoy and be a vessel of the divine vi- its loving communion in the world, and the even harder diminishments of sion for life in a new way. the outer kin-dom of heaven. However lost relationships. I remember a widow limited our actions may be in the face once telling me that in the midst of Tilden is Shalem’s founder and senior fellow. of the world’s fears and self-centered- her long grieving over her husband’s For more on the heart in relation to our ness, nonetheless we know we have death, she became aware that Love egos and minds, see his most recent book, a particular place in recognizing and had not died with him. Love is; to Embracing Spiritual Depth. watering the seeds of hope for shalom faith it is the indestructible heart of in the world. In our physically declin- what is, beneath and through all the ing years, we can participate in that travails of the world. As we are able

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 13 Gratitude & Compassion Patience Robbins

Humanity as a whole needs a breakthrough and meaning for me: gratitude and many years, this gave me new access to into the contemplative dimension of life. compassion. its incredible power to join the divine This is the Life at the heart of the world. energy within me that is always present There the human family is already one. If Appreciation or gratitude is one of the and available. one goes to one’s own heart, one will find easiest qualities of the heart for most of oneself in the heart of everyone else, and us to feel. People of any age can iden- Another aspect of this quality of all in the heart of the Ultimate Mystery. tify at least one thing for which we feel gratitude is to appreciate myself. This —Thomas Keating grateful, like a person or pet, or beauti- has been such fun and even surpris- ful place or something that we enjoy. ing as I practice this. As I sink into the About a year and a half ago, I was Scientific research shows that as one heart, let my breath move through the traveling to central Pennsylvania to visit feels gratitude, sinks into the heart and heart, and feel appreciation for qualities my mom. While riding in the car, I was genuinely feels (not thinks) gratitude, within me—like generosity, cour- listening to a podcast entitled, “Har- one becomes coherent, or aligned; age, kindness, compassion, joy, calm, nessing the Power of the Heart,” given body, heart, mind and spirit all are in enthusiasm—I feel a deep sense of my by people from Heart Math Institute in a flow. How often our founder, Tilden unique belovedness. It really nurtures California. I was utterly riveted to every Edwards, invited us to sink into the the feeling, the sense of my being in the word and amazed at how this resonated spiritual heart and be receptive to that image of God, embodying these attri- with my experience. The scientific flow, that divine presence within. A way butes. This wellspring of care and love research of the heart they were sharing to increase and continue that coher- for myself then overflows to everyone validated all that I have been learning, ence is to radiate gratitude to everyone around me. I honor myself for who and practicing and living in the contempla- around me, all of creation, the whole all that I am contributing by being me. tive path. planet. Especially when feeling stuck or distressed or anxious and want- The other quality that has new mean- This talk inspired me to engage an ing to return to a life-giving centered ing is compassion. Even though I have online course with Heart Math. I would flow, I can return to gratitude as a way been cultivating compassion over many like to share two qualities from my of being in the flow of life. Although years, I saw how powerful it is to feel it yearlong study that have new depth I had been cultivating gratitude for often throughout the day in the midst

14 Shalem Institute of a variety of life situations, especially others, which can move me into align- I feel grateful even as I share all of this the messy or confusing ones. I found ment and then awareness of what is with you, and I feel the flow of life and that compassion is a quality that can true and how to proceed in peace. This goodness. I am reminded of Anthony hold a great range of experiences self-compassion then can overflow to de Mello’s words: “There is no sweeter without having to judge, fix or change others as I hold with tenderness and prayer than a grateful heart.” anything. It allows all to be, even what care the suffering, loss or conflict with seem to be opposites, with great ten- others or situations in the world. Patience is the director of Shalem’s Young derness and care. Because there is no Adult Life and Leadership Initiative and a need to label or judge or understand; I The connection that has been so long-time group and workshop leader. can hold all in wholeness or connect- profound for me with gratitude and edness and feel that tender warmth compassion and the contemplative and care. life is that the practice/feeling of these two qualities can bring me back into When I do this, I often experience my heart and allow me to be aligned change or a shift in me. I see things with my deepest desire for God and “When we are in touch with love, appreciation, in a new way or I feel more accepting for being love in and for the world at and positive intention, we have the power to of myself and others, or I can just let any time. Although I often revert to change the world.” life be as it is. I love to practice this figuring out or resisting or wanting around a world situation or something to understand my reality, this way of — Dennis, Sheila & Matthew Linn, I really care about and want to change. being in the heart leads to authenticity Healing the Future As I sit with something that feels really and joy and often a whole new way of disturbing and unfair and even wrong, looking at life. I can feel compassion for myself and

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 15 Batter My Heart Carole Crumley

“Batter my heart, three person’d God; for, you And finally, we hope that if we just as yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; “wait a while. Maybe it will go away.” that I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow mee, ’and bend your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.” Yet, the hammering doesn’t go away. —John Donne, “Holy Sonnets” Recently it has been the news about I recently stumbled upon a cable I don’t know anything about art or gun violence that is hammering my television art auction and was totally auctions, but I really responded to the heart with its incessant call to WAKE transfixed as the auctioneer placed item insistent demand to wake up and pay UP, PAY ATTENTION! In play grounds, after item on the block. He first told attention. In a way, it reminded me parks, movie theaters, elementary interesting historic data about the artist of the emails I get daily, each trying schools, shopping malls, at the Navy and the art piece, along with a rough urgently to get my attention about very Yard, in churches, in Nairobi, in D.C., estimate of its value. Then the on-air important matters I should (and mostly in Afghanistan, in Chicago, Newtown, bidding began and within minutes the do) care about. They want me to send Aurora. It’s an ongoing plague of kill- item was sold. money, sign this petition, or support a ings, intergenerational, non-discrim- worthy cause in some other way. How- inate murder. My fear is that this is Evidently bidding was very slow that ever, these requests come so regularly happening so often it will begin to dull particular evening. Then an extremely that they actually dull my attention. my senses and become the new normal rare piece came up. The auctioneer, rather than the obscene abnormal. trying to energize his audience, began John Kirvan in God Hunger talks about to hammer loudly with his gavel calling how hard it is to get anyone’s attention. Let’s face it. Waking up is work. Staying out, “Wakey, Wakey. Come out from The knock comes, but we don’t hear it. awake is work. Every morning I begin wherever you are and bid on this piece. We’re in a back room and the sound my day by reading the newspaper. Bid on it, Bid on it. Bid on it! This is doesn’t carry. Lately, I’ve noticed that my immedi- extremely rare!!! Wakey, wakey. This is We’re talking with someone else. ate response to reading the news is an important.” Blam, blam, blam went his We’ve deliberately shut ourselves off to unaccustomed sleepiness. The news gavel, hammering for our attention. get on with life, to stay on schedule….” is overwhelming, and I want to go

16 Shalem Institute back to sleep. My husband has started is important!” Other contemplative I’ve come to realize that the constant calling this my early morning nap. I’m voices are sounding the same loud call. battering to “wake up!” has a purpose. realizing that not going back to sleep is Richard Rohr says that our mystical It invites my deepening trust that, also work. gaze is close to being realized because, in the midst of it all, God’s spirit is he thinks “we are on the very edge of working in ways that I cannot begin to Staying awake to the all-ness of life, the history—and about to be edged over— imagine. As I wake up to this reality, complexity, the challenges, the griefs, the by the depth of the need and from somehow I am being opened, mended hopes, the fears, the beauty, the yearn- the depths of our own desire.” Rowan and made anew, as John Donne’s poem ings is the contemplative practice that Williams, the former Archbishop of reminds me. From that stance, my stretches my heart. Holding everything in Canterbury, is another voice of urgency. prayer becomes, “‘Batter my heart three the spiritual heart is a work, a prayerful He recently wrote: “To put it boldly, person’d God’. Wake me up. Help me intention and a daily morning stretch. It contemplation is the only ultimate to stay awake. Please.” is as much a body prayer as the stretches answer to the unreal and insane world I do before sitting meditation. that our ﬁnancial systems and our This article was inspired by Ann Kulp. advertising culture and our chaotic and I admit that, sometimes, I feel like the unexamined emotions encourage us to Carole is Shalem’s senior program director. hammer myself, trying to get people’s inhabit. To learn contemplative practice attention to the need for contempla- is to learn what we need so as to live tive prayer and a contemplative stance truthfully and honestly and lovingly. It in the world. “Wake up! Wake up!” I is a deeply revolutionary matter.” keep saying. “This is important! This

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 17 ANNUAL FUND DONORS With deep gratitude, we list the following individuals who gave to Shalem’s Annual Fund from July 1, 2012 to June 30 , 2013. Any gifts received after June 30 will be acknowledged in next year’s annual report.

Eleanor & Robert William D. Bone Cynthia Chappell Nancy & Mark Delach Lawrence Fagg Abarno Kathryn Booth & Joan Marilyn L. Charles & Kendrea E DeLauter Loretta L. Farmer AccountingDepartment. Jordan Grant Reuben Simmons John Denham Judith L. Favor com Robert & Tamala Bos Winston B. Charles Elaine M. Dent Norman S. Fedderly Skip Adams Bonnie Bowen Cynthia Chertos Marilyn Derian Shirley Fifield Thomas H. Adams Catherine Boyce Mary Chiles Lilyan Dickerson Kate Finan Ridgeway Addison Robert & Sharon Brady Kiok Cho Rosemary Dickerson Caryl Finnerty Marty Aden Mary Brandenburg Christ Church Parish of Martha Dillard John Finney N. Franklin Betty Brody Georgetown Susan Dillon Marie Fischette Adkinson, Jr. Kathleen Hope Brown Jim M. Christianson Gaye Dimmick Yvonne Fisher Karen & Philip Ager Lerita Coleman Brown Aline Clark Gary & Diana Ditto Leslie Flemming Michael Ahern O. Robert Brown Suzanne Clark Cynthia & Bob Donnell Nancy Flinchbaugh Anthony Ahrens Phillip Brown Mary C. Coelho Marjorie Donnelly John F. Flindall Daniel Albrant Henry W. & Martha Milo & Wendy Coerper Robin Dorko J. Seymour Flinn Devon Allen Bruner Dawn Cogger Rose Mary Dougherty Pauline Flynn Sanford & Lois Alwine Natalie J. Brunson David Coleman Valerie Downing Karen L. Foley Betsy N. Anderson Michael & Judith Bucci Robert A. Colman Jinnie Draper Gordon M. Forbes Marlene Anderson Margaret Bullitt-Jonas & Mary Jo Colucci Anne Drea Virginia Ford Aronson LLC Robert Jonas Alicia Conklin-Wood Robert Duggan Liz Forney Randall Ashcraft Mary Catherine Bunting Joan Marie Conway Roderick Dugliss Dena Forster Marlene Atkinson Stephanie Burgevin Carol Cook Raymond E. & Naomi C. Lois B. Fortson Sue Baczynski Joseph A. Burkart Emily Cooke Dungan Foundation Larry & Ann Fourman Paul M. Bailey Lillian Burke Robert & Joanne Cooke Jacqueline Dunlavey Dexter Fox Sarah Bailey Susan Burke Sharon Core Betty J. Dunlop Kate Fox Jeannette & Stanley Jamie Burnett Nathaniel Corwin Susan S. Dunn James Foy Bakke Gerald A. Butler Catherine Cox Bernadette Durkin Linda S. Frank CeCe & Gerry Balboni Mary Cadden Carolyn M. Craft Carol O. Eckerman Sharon E. Freeman Sidat Balgobin Lalor Cadley Nancy Craig Tilden & Mary Edwards Greta Fridlund Francina Bardsley Elizabeth Caemmerer Marshall P. Craver Susan Eenigenburg Sharon Friedman Bill & Linda Barnard Rob & Marta Cahill Clare C. Crawford- Adrienne Ehle Anne K. Fries Judi Barnes Michael Camerino Mason Amy Eilberg Doris Froelich Ronald Barnett Donald K. Campbell Carey Creed Cathy Eilers Joan Fronc Ann Barry Elizabeth Campbell Michael & Ellen Cronin Albert & Moira Eisele Francine M. Gagnon Margaret Bartel Ella Campbell Gaynell Cronin Susan Eisenberg Rose Mary Garcia Martha Bartholomew Kathryn J. Campbell John Crossin Ruth Elder Maria Garcia-Larrieu Beth Bartley Camille & Douglas Anne Crosthwait Nancy L. Elder-Wilfrid Susan Gardiner John F. & Anne L. Barton Cappiello Carole Crumley Evelyn Elgin Steve & Beth Garnaas- Bernice Bassing Todd Carangelo Mary Lewis Crummer Anne & John Elsbree Holmes Judith Baum Mary Lou Judd Jeanette Cureton David C. & Joyce Emery Katy Gaughan & John Edward W. Bauman Carpenter Joan A. Curley Eleanor B. Engh Kadlecik Allison & John Beasley Oscar Carrillo Kendrick E. Curry Elizabeth English Thomas & Karen John Beddingfield Merrill Ware & Tim Lisa Curtis Jo Ann English Gaughan Larry Bell Carrington Sue E. Czarnetzky Chad & Glory Entinger Susan Gaumer Susan Bell Sheila Carson Mary Dadone Cynthia Eriksson Nancy Gavin Margaret J. Benefiel Nancy Corson Carter John H. Danner & Linda Gene & Alma Espinosa Judith Gavlinski Bernie Benson Diane Casey Bradbury-Danner William Espinosa Patricia Geadelmann Hillary R. Bercovici Kristine Casey Anita Davidson Virginia Keller Essink Francis Geddes James V. Bickford Maurice Casey James Walter Davis, Jr. Susan Etherton Rani & Varghese George Inez A. Bing Susan Castellan Karen Day Alan W. Evans Sue Gibbons Kathleen Blank Riether Emily Castner Ann Dean Carlos Exposito & Maria Catherine Gibson Kevin Bliss Susan Catalano William DeCosta Cristina Borges Alvarez Edward & Ann Gilbride Robert Blumenthal Vinita Channahsorah Alida DeCoster & Perry Margot Eyring Phoebe Gilchrist Tammie Bond Suzanne Chapman Beider Diane Fadely Carlyle Gill

18 Shalem Institute Susan Gilpin George Higgins Albert J. Keeney Gene Glatter Ruth Hildenberger Georgia Joan Keep Rose Glorioso & Donna Ann & John Hisle Barbara Kelly Senft Richard B. Hite Sheila Kelly Larry D. Glover- Ted & Debbie Hittle Nancy Kelso Wetherington Marcia Hoffmann Howard Kempsell Clare Gnecco Trish Hogan Frank Kenney Susan Gonzalez V John Holden & Mary Charles E. Kiblinger elma Goodreau Beaudoin Becky Kidd Mark Goodwin Lindy Holt Vivien Kilner Marianne Sickles David Hoover Hong-il Kim Grabowski Roland & Cynthia Pamela King Kathy Gracenin Hoover Rachel & John King Maureen E. Grady Donald & Patricia Elizabeth H. Kingsman Cynthia & Walter R. Horrigan John Kirkley Graham Kathie Houchens Caroline Klam Barbara R. Lowrey Beth McNamara Grace Grant Debra Hudson Daniel A. Klement Susan D. Lowrey Leanne McPherson Dana K. Greene Barbara Humphrey JoAnn M. Klink Marjorie Ann Lueck Janis McQuade David J. Greer Deborah Hunley Linda Pierce Knutson Bruce & Alessandra de Sally & Bill Meadows Anne Grizzle Frederic Huntington Ilse Konigshofer Bosis Lugn Sylvia Meadows Kent Groff Chris Hyde Rose Konrath Louise & Michael Stewart Mehlman Carolyn Grohman Orion Hyson Jane K. Koonce Lusignan Barry Reed Meiners Peggy Grossman Alice C. Immler Verleah Brown Kosloske Sarah Lutterodt Fredrica K. Meitzen Margaret Guenther Carol Ingells Margaret Krantz Jennifer Lutz Mary Jo Melberger Carol S. Guilbert Loretta Isaiah Donald W. Krickbaum Ginger Lyons Clara S. Mercado Thomas Gustafson Kathy & Greer Jackson Delcy Kuhlman Jane E. Lytle-Vieira Maury Merkin Penelope Guyton William Jacobs Cynthia Kuhn Donald MacDougall Cecily Merrell Carolyn Gwadz David Jamieson Ann Kulp Richard Macheski & Eleanor Merrick Jacques & Susan Hadler Ann Jarvela Jean Landes Mary McGillicuddy Richard Metzger Jane Milliken Hague Cathy Jay Scott Landis Sandra R. Mackie Gail Meyer Jackie Halstead Christine Jeffrey Phyllis LaPlante Cindy Madigan Maria Teresa Meyer Al Halverstadt & Susan J. Marshall Jenkins Gerrie Lavan Anne Magner Darlene Meyers Weeks Maureen Jenkins Richard & Christine Gabriel Makhlouf Glendora Meyers Michael Hamilton Nancy Jennings Lawrence John L. Manley Charlie Micallef Linda Hammond Carolyn A. Johnson Harold Beebout & Mary Elizabeth Marcus Sharon Mihm Julie Harley Karen B. Johnson Frances le Mat Nicolas & Mari Carmen Martha Mikeska Daniel Harris H. Vance Johnson Carol Leach Mariscal Alice Miller Dorothy Harris Nancy A. Johnston Chris & Sylvia Lee- Andrea Martin Leslie Miller Julie Harris Sue Joiner Thompson Cheryl Martin Louise E. Miller Margaret Harris & Roger Cynthia D. Jones Paul Lemon Eva Martin Sharon Millhon Harrison Jan Jones Ned Leonard Herbert J. Martin Bobbie Miner Nancy E. Harrison Mimi Jones Robert Leverton Moira Martin Douglas Mitchell Joan E. Hatcher Sarah J. Jones Michael Lewallen Susan Kline Massey Mary Ann Miya Linda Wofford Hawkins Sherfy Jones Marianne & Dean Lewis Joe & Cris Matney Alison Mize Cathy Haworth W. Farley Jones Roberta Lewis-Barton Monica J. Maxon Kathleen Moloney-Tarr Kathleen Haynes Harley Jordan Lester & Mary Beth Lind Joan Maxwell Tiffany A. Montavon Lesley Hede Katherine H. Jordan Lena Lindberg Rebecca McAndrews Carroll Charles Moore Mary Tom Hefte Lynne & Larry Joseloff Lois Lindbloom Kathleen & Jim McCann W. Taylor Moore Barton & Shirley Tara Teresa Joseph Elsa Littman Haydee McCarville Edward Morawetz Hellmuth Sharon Jourdan Dianne Litynski Lisa McCauley Bill & Grace Moremen Lynne Helmer Michael & Barbara Jupin Clark Lobenstine George D. McClain Rob & Maureen Morrell Diane Walton Hendricks William Kachadorian Terry Lockridge Steven L. McClain Patricia Moser Suella Henn Barbara Kane James M. Long Kayla McClurg Pat Mousaw James T. Hicks Linda M. Kapurch Donna M. Lord Maureen McIntyre Susan O. Murphy Stuart Craig Mansﬁeld & Dianne Catherine R. Loveland J. Frank & Laura Joseph & Alice Murray Higginbotham Kaseman Lucy Jewett Lowenthal Turnage McNair Darlene B. Muschett

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 19 Patricia Richter Mary & Jim Shepardson Carla Sams Toenniessen Lois Nell Richwine Philippa C. Shepherd Frank & Linda Toia Katherine Riggins Carroll Anne Sheppard Linda Trageser Kitty Riordan Selinda Sheridan Joe Trester Kim Risedorph Martha Sherman Barbara B. Troxell Angelina Rispoli Jayne Shontell Elizabeth Truesdale Rebecca Ritchey Sharon Shutler James Truxell Jane May Ritchie Mary Agnes & Robert Margaret Tucker & Patience Robbins Silberstein David Schlafer Isabelle Robinson John & Betty Smallwood Elizabeth Tuckermanty Suzanne & Davis Klaudia Smucker Cynthia Turner Robinson Marcus & Dorothy G Clair Ullmann Cindy Rogers Smucker James Vagnoni Jean & David Rogers Lorene & Brad Snyder Phyllis Van Lare Jaime Myers Diane Paterson Julie L. Rogers Doris Snyder Nancy Velldhuis Neely Myers Betty Payne Jane Rohrbach Pamela Soiu Barbara Vellmerk- Carol & David Natella Dawn Peck Adela N. Rose Katherine Spaar Halpern Becky Neal Lynn Penney Christine Rosenquist Patricia & Frederick Andrea Vidrine Joanne Neel-Richard Nan Perkins Anne R. Roser Spahr John Votta Cindy Neff Mary & Jim Perschy Melanie & Edward Carol & Bob Spangler David Wade Joann K. Nesser Alice J. Petersen Rowan Carol & Mid Squier Nancy Wagner Susan Newman Cindy & Stephen Peg Ruetten Jo Ann Staebler Kit Wallingford Nancy Nikiforow & Peterson Wlosinski Diane Rusch Wanda J. Stahl Cynthia Byers Walter Brent DeVore Bruce & Kirstin Pickle Anne C. Russell David Stang Elizabeth & Bill Ward Nancy Y. Noel Patricia Pisani Lynne Rychlec Ann Starrette Nancy Watson Ann F. Norton Gene Pistacchio Janet & Paul Salbert Carol Stehling Nancy Weir Sheila Noyes Pauline Pittinos Gail Salvetti Diane W. Stephens George Welch John Nurnberger Richard Plant Susan Sanders Eugene Steuerle Nicolette Wellington Elaine O’Brien Edward & Marjorie Barbara Sanderson Carolyn Stevens Gretchen Welshofer Mary Jo O’Brien Poling Bev Sanderson Susan Stevens Alan Wenrich Mary Louise & Anderson Catherine & Robert Frank Sasinowski Mary Stevenson Jacqueline L. White O’Day Powell Joan & Ryan Sattler Daniel J. Stewart Kathryn White David & Loretta Jean Preslan Twila & Galen Sauder Joan & Peter Stogis Susie White O’Donnell Tara M. Price Bob Sauerbrey Marie Stoltzfus Gladys Whitehouse James O’Donnell Diane Prins Judy Sayed Anne Stone Suzanne Dale Wilcox Sue O’Neal Regina Proctor Susan Scheffel John & Ruth Stone Ellen Willenbecher Jenny O’Rourke Elizabeth Pugin Erika Schleifman Phil & Anne Stone Carol Williams Colleen O’Sullivan Mary B. Pulick Maureen Schneider Tom & Kitty Stoner Larry Williams Michael O’Sullivan Susan Pullin Sandy Schneider Nancy Strickland Randolph Williamson Carol Odbert Paul & Judith Purta Cynthia Schoonover Gertrude Summers Jonathan S. Willis Mike Ogden Patrick Quigley June M. Schulte Jean H. Sweeney Anita Willoughby Marion Olsen Ann Quinn & David Joanna Schuman Ida Swift Jean M. Wilson Clare Openshaw Cooling Barbara Schwartzbach Linda Tamlyn Sandra H. Wilson David Orr Mari Quint Emily Schwenker Kay Tarazi Jean Woessner Barbara & David Theodora Radcliffe Inez E. Scott Marianne M. Taylor Linda G. Wolf Osborne Joyce Rains Lynn Scott Therese A. Taylor- Christine E. Wood Alyce Ostrow Leah & David Rampy Lyta G. Seddig Stinson Patricia Wood Larney Otis Margaret Randol Sandra F. Selby Timothy Teates Beth Wood-Roig Mary Overholt Ellen E. Ratmeyer Robert Sellig Mary Thomas Jean Woods Joseph Pae Sharon Reed Guy & Dana Semmes Karen D. & William F. Gloria Jean Wright Jean Paradis Elizabeth Reeves Luette G. Semmes Thompson Matthew Wright Diane & Ron Paras Mary Ann F. Rehnke Connie Seraphine Susan Thon Marilyn & Alan Youel Lynn Parent Jayne Reynolds Sarah Stowell Shapley Charles & Lee Tidball Katherine Young Beth Parﬁtt Judith Richardson Jane Sharp Janet Timbie Martin T. Young Donald & Alixe Park Lois Richardson Barbara Shaw Teresa Tivenan Michelle Young David C. Partington Lisa B. Richey Margaret S. Shepard Jim Todhunter

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Given by In Honor of Given by In Honor of Eleanor & Robert Abarno ...... Rose Mary Dougherty Pamela King ...... Lisa Myers Ridgeway Addison ...... Luther Smith Elizabeth H. Kingsman ...... Leslie Hulcoop Daniel Albrant ...... PSDP Grads and all they are Jane K. Koonce ...... Carole Crumley & 40 years of doing Shalem’s exceptional service Sarah Bailey ...... Donald Krickbaum Margaret Krantz ...... Helen Jones & Mary Ellen Doyle Bonnie Bowen ...... Anne F. Grizzle Donald W. Krickbaum ...... Robert Sabath Lerita Coleman Brown ...... Atlanta Shalem colleagues Cynthia Kuhn ...... Jayne Shontell Elizabeth Campbell ...... Albert J. & Linda Keeney Sandra R. Mackie ...... Marlene Maier Ella Campbell ...... Martha Campbell Kayla McClurg ...... Trish Stefanik Todd Carangelo ...... Linda Hoddy Janis McQuade, S.S.J...... Jean Link Kristine Casey ...... Janet Servis Fredrica K. Meitzen ...... Prue Yelinek Dawn Cogger ...... Louise Miller Mary Jo Melberger ...... Clergy Spiritual Life and Robert & Joanne Cooke ...... Richard Rohr Leadership Program Marshall P. Craver ...... Chris Jeffrey Louise E. Miller ...... Rose Mary Dougherty John Denham ...... Judith Favor Kathleen Moloney-Tarr ...... Shalem Society Susan Dillon ...... Tilden Edwards Jaime Myers ...... Albert J. Keeney Marjorie Donnelly ...... Beth Farrand Joann K. Nesser ...... Tilden Edwards Robin Dorko ...... Bill Dietrich Elaine O’Brien ...... Carol Stehling Amy Eilberg ...... My teachers at Shalem David Orr ...... Kathleen H.Brown Susan Eisenberg ...... Monica Maxon Diane & Ron Paras ...... Rhoda Nary Ruth Elder ...... Louise Miller Nan Perkins ...... Edna Noiles Cynthia Eriksson ...... Lisa Myers Diane Prins ...... Lisa Myers-inspirational Gene & Alma Espinosa ...... CeCe Balboni spiritual guide Nancy Flinchbaugh ...... Dick Wood, Noreen Malone, Sharon Reed ...... Dick Wood & Noreen Malone Nan Weir & Nancy Nikiforow Katherine Riggins ...... Clare Openshaw Karen L. Foley ...... Rose Mary Dougherty Cindy Rogers ...... Donald Krickbaum Anne K. Fries ...... Judy Krumme Julie L. Rogers ...... Leah Rampy Susan Gardiner ...... Jean Sweeney Anne R. Roser ...... Tilden Edwards Thomas & Karen Gaughan . . . . . Katy Gaughan Bev Sanderson ...... Louise Miller Susan Gaumer ...... Tilden Edwards Frank Sasinowski ...... Richard Rohr & Kendrick Curry Patricia Geadelmann ...... Martha Campbell Bob Sauerbrey ...... Judith Sauerbrey Carlyle Gill ...... Louise Miller & Nancy Kelso’s Emily Schwenker ...... Alicia Conklin-Wood & Betty marriage Voigt Gene Glatter ...... Ann Quinn Lynn Scott ...... Lisa Myers, Jerry May and Rose Marianne Sickles Grabowski . . . . Tilden Edwards Mary Dougherty Kathy Gracenin ...... Family Lyta G Seddig ...... Rose Mary Dougherty David J. Greer ...... Tilden Edwards Sarah Stowell Shapley ...... Carole Crumley Julie Harley ...... Shalem’s Clergy Program Margaret S. Shepard ...... Marshall Craver, Ann Dean & Dorothy Harris ...... Maria Carole Crumley Cathy Haworth ...... Maureen Jenkins Sharon Shutler ...... Natalie & Virginia Shutler Barton & Shirley Hellmuth . . . . . Rose Marie Chioni Ann Starrette ...... Betty White Marcia Hoffmann ...... Nancy & Mark Strickland Eugene Steuerle ...... Bill Dietrich & Joan Hickey Frederic Huntington ...... Liz Ward Anne Stone ...... Phil Stone Kathy & Greer Jackson ...... Anne & Phil Stone John & Ruth Stone ...... Anne & Phil Stone J Marshall Jenkins ...... Michael Prewitt Ida Swift ...... Marshall Craver & Bob Donnell Carolyn A. Johnson ...... Robert L. Tate Elizabeth Truesdale ...... The Iona pilgrimage W. Farley Jones ...... Sun Myung Moon Margaret Tucker & David Schlafer Monica Maxon Linda M. Kapurch ...... Rita & Joe Kapurch’s 65th Phyllis Van Lare ...... Ann Kulp wedding anniversary Jacqueline L. White ...... John Butler & Chet Walker Georgia Joan Keep ...... Jean Grifﬁth Preslan Jonathan S. Willis ...... Paul Purta Becky Kidd ...... Bob Donnell & Marshall Craver Linda G. Wolf ...... Noreen Malone

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 21 Given by...... In Memory of Michael Ahern ...... Mrs. Nora M. Ahern Devon Allen ...... Gerald May Sanford & Lois Alwine ...... Jerry May Anonymous ...... Chet O’Neal Kathleen Blank Riether ...... Richard Riether Mary Jo Colucci ...... Ernest & Josephine Colucci Nancy Craig ...... Jay Jenkins Gaynell Cronin ...... Claire & Marcel Border Lilyan Dickerson ...... Jack Murphy Susan Dillon ...... Jerry May Jacqueline Dunlavey ...... Angela Emig Hegner Betty J. Dunlop ...... Chet O’Neal Sharon Friedman ...... Paul Imse Maria Garcia-Larrieu ...... Joaquin Garcia-Larrieu Francis Geddes ...... Gerald May Larry D. Glover-Wetherington ....Janie Wetherington Carolyn Gwadz ...... Joe Taney & Peter Winter John Holden & Mary Beaudoin ...Fr. Vince O’Brien, SJ Nancy Jennings ...... Jerry May Carolyn A. Johnson ...... Alan C. Johnson Frank Kenney ...... Phyllis Martin Ann Kulp ...... Paul Kulp Elsa Littman ...... Pierre Bonen James M. Long ...... Chet O’Neal Gabriel Makhlouf ...... Avril Makhlouf Herbert J. Martin ...... Jerry May Joe & Cris Matney ...... Bert & Lin Ludy Maria Teresa Meyer ...... Robert Bensen Meyer, Jr. Glendora Meyers ...... Janetta Redmond-Meyers Joanne Neel-Richard ...... Rev. H. Clayton Neel Ann F. Norton ...... Rev. Howard G. Norton Sue O’Neal ...... Chet O’Neal Jean Paradis ...... Rev. Mr. William Patrick Worden Ellen E. Ratmeyer ...... Clint Jane May Ritchie ...... Mary Shaw May Jean & David Rogers ...... Jerry May Sandy Schneider ...... Gloria Clark - Treva Schneider June M. Schulte ...... Jerry May Joanna Schuman ...... Fr Shaun McCarty & Jane J. King Connie Seraphine ...... Walter Wink Jo Ann Staebler ...... Sr. Denise Mosier David Stang ...... Sarah Stang Daniel J. Stewart ...... Gerald May Gertrude Summers ...... Jerry May Karen D. & William F. Thompson ..Gerald May Susan Thon ...... The Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon Elizabeth Tuckermanty ...... Chet O’Neal Clair Ullmann ...... Gerald May GRANTS The Trust for the Meditation Process The Bogert Fund

22 Shalem Institute STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND ACTIVITIES

The Condensed Financial Statements shown below were derived from the audited financial statements of the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Inc. These condensed statements do not include all disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The complete financial statements, including statements of cash flows, footnote disclosures and the report of our independent accountants, Aronson LLC, are available for review upon request.

Condensed Statement of Financial Position Condensed Statement of Activities as of June 30, 2013 and 2012 for Years Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

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CURRENT ASSETS $ 197,945 $ 226,208 Programs, contractual work and publications $ 578,257 $ 530,960 INVESTMENTS 817,523 595,057 Contributions 577,213 449,967 FIXED ASSETS 37,540 13,777 Investment income (losses) 72,843 26,114 OTHER ASSETS 43,474 13,835 505"-3&7&/6& 505"-"44&54 "/%4611035

-*"#*-*5*&4"/%/&5"44&54 &91&/4&4 CURRENT LIABILITIES 140,494 81,457 P rograms, including allocated NET ASSETS staff compensation 754,753 639,652 Unrestricted 754,575 674,664 A dministration: Temporarily restricted 201,413 92,756 Staff compensation & beneﬁts 63,998 18,145 TOTAL NET ASSETS 955,988 767,420 Rent and other 145,208 172,136 Fundraising expenses 75,786 72,251 505"--*"#*-*5*&4 /&5"44&54 505"-&91&/4&4

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JO/FU"TTFUT 188,568 104,857

/&5"44&54 Beginning of Year 767,420 662,563 /&5"44&54 End of Year

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 23 SCHOLARSHIP GIFTS The Bellfry Sue Czarnetzky John Kirkley Sue O’Neal Elizabeth Campbell Betty Dunlop Paul Lemon Paul Purta Joan Conway Chad & Glory Entinger James Long Elizabeth Tuckermanty DEEP & WIDE CAMPAIGN GIFTS Eleanor & Robert Abarno Robert Duggan Albert Keeney Mary Perschy Carol Stehling Ridgeway Addison Carol Eckerman Suzi Kindervatter Richard Plant Carolyn Stevens N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr. Tilden & Mary Edwards Maureen Kramlinger Susan Pullin Marie Stoltzfus CeCe & Gerry Balboni David Emery Carol Leach Paul Purta Phil Stone William Bone Paula & Todd Endo Lois Lindbloom Leah & David Rampy Nancy Strickland Robert & Tamala Bos Gail Epes James Long Ellen Ratmeyer Therese Taylor-Stinson Mary Brandenburg Susan Etherton Joan Maxwell Sharon Reed Jim Todhunter Kathleen Brown Norman Fedderly Mimi McKindley-Ward Lois Richardson Linda Toia O. Robert Brown Anne Fries Alice Miller Janet Salbert Barbara Troxell Mary Catherine Bunting Samuel Gammon Mary Ann Miya Erika Schleifman Elizabeth Tuckermanty Rusty Butler Mark Goodwin Patricia Moser Connie Seraphine Clair Ullmann Marilyn Charles Dana Greene Darlene Muschett Jill Shaffer Elizabeth Ward Winston Charles Anne Grizzle N ancy Nikiforow & Jane Sharp Kathryn White Cynthia Chertos Daniel Harris Brent DeVore Mary Shepardson Suzanne Dale Wilcox Anne Crosthwait Lesley Hede Edna & Douglas Noiles Jayne Shontell Paul Willrodt Carole Crumley Lindy Holt John Nurnberger Sharon Shutler Sandra Wilson Mary Crummer Loretta Isaiah Clare Openshaw Klaudia Smucker Martin Young Kendrick Curry David Jamieson Barbara & David Katherine Spaar Mara Delli Priscoli Jan Jones Osborne Jo Ann Staebler Susan Dillon Mimi Jones Dawn Peck David Stang

24 Shalem Institute SHALEM LONG-TIME DONORS The following individuals have given to Shalem for ten years or more. We list them here with our heart-felt gratitude for their faithful- ness to Shalem’s ministry.

30 YEARS AND MORE Bill & Linda Barnard Joan Stogis Jeannette & Stanley Bakke Margaret Beneﬁel Jean Sweeney Edward Bauman Rusty Butler Barbara Troxell Sue Baczynski Donald Campbell Jean Wilson Susan Bell Merrill & Tim Carrington Christine Wood Milo & Wendy Coerper Mary Coelho Carole Crumley Ellen & Michael Cronin 20-24 YEARS Mara Delli Priscoli Mary Crummer Tom Adams John Denham Jeanette Cureton N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr. Marilyn Derian Joan Curley Hillary Bercovici Susan Dillon Martha Dillard William Bone Robert Duggan Adrienne Ehle O. Robert Brown Tilden Edwards J. Seymour Flinn Michael Bucci Norman Fedderly Anne Fries Margaret Bullitt-Jonas & Dana Greene Doris Froelich Robert Jonas Charles Kiblinger Adela Rose David Greer Samuel Gammon Kathryn Campbell Ilse Konigshofer Philippa Shepherd Michael & Barbara Jupin Margaret Harris Marilyn Charles & Reuben Verleah Brown Kosloske Selinda Sheridan Louise & Michael David Jamieson Simmons Delcy Kuhlman Betty Smallwood Lusignan Katherine Jordan Robert Colman J. Paul Lennon Marianne Taylor Monica Maxon Linda Kapurch Kendrea DeLauter Lucy Jewett Lowenthal Phyllis Van Lare Eleanor Merrick Daniel Klement Rose Mary Dougherty Jane Lytle-Vieira Elizabeth & Bill Ward Maria Teresa Meyer Ann Kulp Roderick Dugliss Eva Martin Jacqueline White William & Grace Moremen Donna Lord Anne & John Elsbree Mary Ann Miya Martin Young Mary Louise O’Day Clara Mercado Judith Favor W. Taylor Moore Barbara & David Osborne Louise Miller Kate Finan K. Sheila Noyes 15-19 YEARS Margaret Tucker Joanne Neel-Richard Sharon Freeman Diane Paras Skip Adams Sandra Wilson Edna & Doug Noiles Catherine Gibson David Partington Anthony Ahrens Clare Openshaw Kent Ira Groff Jean Preslan Anonymous (3) 25-29 YEARS Paul & Judith Purta Mary Tom Hefte Mary Ann Rehnke Joseph Burkart Anonymous Patience Robbins Alice Immler Lois Nell Richwine Cynthia Chappell Eleanor & Bob Abarno Robert & Maggie Carolyn Johnson Kitty Riordan Jim Christianson Paul Bailey Silberstein Mimi Jones Jean & Dave Rogers Mary Jo Colucci

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 25 John Danner Elsa Littman Nancy Weir Lois Fortson Gail Meyer Ann Dean Clark Lobenstine Jonathan S. Willis James Foy Patricia Mousaw Alida DeCoster Catherine Loveland Jean Woods Francine M. Gagnon Joseph & Alice Murray Rosemary Dickerson Barbara Lowrey Sue Gibbons Alyce Ostrow Betty Dunlop Herbert Martin 10-14 YEARS Velma Goodreau Gene Pistacchio, OFM Cathy Eilers Joan Maxwell Betsy N. Anderson Mark Goodwin Ed & Marjorie Poling Nancy Elder-Wilfrid Steven McClain Anonymous Cynthia & Walter Mary B. Pulick Eleanor B. Engh Leanne McPherson CeCe & Gerry Balboni Graham Ann Quinn Karen L. Foley Cecily Merrell Ann Barry Daniel Harris Lisa Richey Sharon Friedman Leslie Miller John & Anne Barton John Holden & Mary Patricia Richter Maureen Grady, OSU Donald Park Bernice Bassing Beaudoin June Schulte Peggy Grossman Cindy & Stephen Robert & Tamala Bos Nancy A. Johnston Inez E. Scott Carol Guilbert Peterson Wlosinski Henry W. & Martha Cynthia D. Jones Sandra F. Selby Al Halverstadt & Susan Catherine Powell Bruner Sarah J. Jones Luette G. Semmes Weeks Cindy Rogers Robert & Sharon Brady William Kachadorian Sharon Shutler Nancy Harrison Lyta Seddig Mary Catherine Bunting Barbara Kane Katherine Spaar Barton L. Hellmuth Guy & Dana Semmes Susan Burke Mansﬁeld & Dianne Wanda J. Stahl Richard Hite Carroll Anne Sheppard Cynthia Chertos Kaseman Eugene Steuerle Maureen Jenkins Carol & Bob Spangler Christ Church Georgia Joan Keep Gertrude Summers Vance Johnson Carol & Mid Squier Georgetown Jane Koonce Linda Tamlyn Jan Jones Ann Starrette Alicia Conklin-Wood Chris & Sylvia Lee- Therese Taylor-Stinson JoAnn Klink Carolyn Stevens Gaynell Cronin Thompson Susie White Carol Leach Marie Stoltzfus Sue Czarnetzky Marianne & Dean Lewis Larry Williams Mary Frances Le Mat & Nancy Strickland Susan Dunn Sandra R. Mackie Jean Woessner Harold Beebout Charles & Lee Tidball Carol O. Eckerman Nicolas & MariCarmen Marilyn & Alan Youel Lois Lindbloom Kit Wallingford Gordon M. Forbes Mariscal

If you are not on this list of names and feel you should be, please let us know. GERALD MAY MEMORIAL FUND DONORS Raymond E. & Naomi C. Dungan Foundation

26 Shalem Institute SHALEM’S SHEKINAH SOCIETY Many thanks to the following members of the 4IFLJOBI4PDJFUZ who have put Shalem in their wills— N. Franklin Adkinson, Jr. Alan Evans Linda Allport Neumaier Joan Stogis Ann Barry Judith Favor Mary Louise O’Day Jan Thurston Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Doris Froelich Clare Openshaw Linda Toia Merrill Ware Carrington Joann Klink Laurence Pagnoni Nan Weir Jean Crawford Ann Kulp Don & Alixe Park Emily Wilmer John Denham Kirby Lewis Paul Purta Sandra Hay Wilson Rosemary Dickerson Louise Miller Lisa Richey Susan Dillon Brooke Morrigan Lyta Seddig Tilden Edwards K Sheila Noyes Betty Stoddard

Please let us know if you have included a bequest to Shalem in your estate plans. We’d like to say thank you and welcome you as a member of our Shekinah Society! MAKING A BEQUEST TO SHALEM When making your estate plans, we hope you will consider a try, they are a very special way for the donor’s care to extend gift to Shalem. Over the past few years, we have been richly into the future. Please contact Monica Maxon at the Shalem blessed by several bequests, some of them unexpected. Not ofﬁce, 301-897-7334 or [email protected], if you would only have they greatly assisted Shalem’s mission and minis- like more information about making a legacy gift.

SUSAN DILLON—GOD’S WILL AND MY WILL

Several years into my devotion to the Shalem all these parts of Shalem became a language Institute, it established the Shekinah Society, through which I learned of God’s unconditional a way to recognize supporters who included love for me. Even so, it was many years before Shalem in their wills, to ensure its financial I learned the necessity of supplementing that stability in perpetuity. At that time, Shalem love with my own unconditional love for for me was a lifeline to courage and hope, a myself, and I experienced a lot of grief and resource for just getting through the day, and sorrow in that interval. Shalem didn’t protect the thought of its demise was a bit frighten- me from the darkness of life; in fact, sometimes ing. So, I went to see a lawyer to prepare the relationships and experiences I had there my will, a sobering exercise. But, while I seemed caught in that darkness. But I always wondered about many things while writing had an underlying sense that Shalem could be my will, the primary placement of Shalem in trusted, that its human frailty would not thwart the list of beneficiaries was never in doubt. Susan Dillon, senior manager of its unique competence in conveying and medi- There it has remained through several revi- strategic development at Search for ating God’s love for each one of us. sions of the will, just as it has remained a Common Ground, was one of the very constant in my life over the last 35 years. first of the Shalem community to As a long-term Board member, I participated put Shalem in her will and thus also in a number of envisioning processes, which When I think back to when I first met Tilden became a charter member of Shalem’s totally baffled me. I was unable to picture Edwards, it’s embarrassing to remember Shekinah Society. Here she shares the Shalem without the people and programs that how I was then. But, despite my flaws and story of her continuing commitment to were so precious to me. Yet, I knew they and I ignorance, God loved me then, and I began Shalem’s legacy. would eventually leave or die, and Shalem had to sense that through what I encountered at to be much bigger than I could envision. Put- Shalem. The staff, the programs, the silence, the various disci- ting Shalem in my will was a way of expressing confidence that plines, the library, the jokes, the small groups and large retreats— this would prove true.

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 27 VOLUNTEERS & IN-KIND DONATIONS We are very grateful to the following individuals who have "OOF(SJ[[MF, who offered her wonderful Bellfry retreat given of their time or have donated travel and other expenses center for Shalem’s group spiritual direction residential during the past program year. Many thanks to: programs. -JTB3JDIFZ and +VOF4DIVMUF for their special, hand- +FSFNZ,MBTT, &E8JMTPOand 4UFQIFO#SPBEIFBE for made cards created for Shalem. their legal advice. 1BUSJDL)BSSJT and .FM4IBQDPUU, of $ZCFSJBO'SPO- Individuals who made additional in-kind contributions: UJFS, our web site managers. Kathy Adams, Patricia Amrhein, Kevin Bagley, Chris 'SBOL5PJB +VOF4DIVMUF 4VTBO&UIFSUPO, "OB Bazemore, Nora Becker, Stephen Broadhead, Susan 3BNQZ, and -FBI3BNQZ, whose photographs you see in Catalano, Arlene Christian, Sue & John Clark, Robert these pages, on our web site and in our monthly eNews. Cooke, David Covarrubias, Ellen Cronin, Mary Dadone, ,FUVµSBI#JHHJOT, Shalem’s intern, whose invaluable help Ann Dean, Richard DeBona, Brent DeVore, Susan Etherton, in the ofﬁce has also brightened our days. Wanda Finke, Gordon Forbes, Sharon Glass, Cornelia 4BOESB,FSLB for her work on the program, certiﬁcate Groat, Larry Hastings, Joan & John Hatcher, Kevin and poster for Shalem’s 2013 Contemplative Voices Award; Hendersen, Rick Hendricks, Colleen Hernandez, Ann "OB3BNQZ and 4VTBO&UIFSUPO for their photos of that Hisle, Rhegan Hyypio, Barbara Kane, Joe Kenna, Jeremy event; 5JMEFO&EXBSET and 3PTF.BSZ%PVHIFSUZ for Klass, Ann Kulp, Darlene Little, Clark Lobenstine, Rita offering prayers; and -ZOOF+PTFMPGG for providing music. Lombardo, Erica Marcus, Margaret McBride, Leslie Miller, 4IBMFNµT#PBSEPG%JSFDUPST, who donated their time Tiffany Montavon, Mary Katherine Morn, Jennie Sue and talent in so many ways and especially for their help Murdock, Tamara Newell, Andrea Noel, Jean Noon, Sue and sponsorship of Shalem’s 2013 Contemplative Voices Parks, Bruce Pickle, Andrew & David Rampy, Kathleen Award and their assistance at the Gerald May Seminar and Blank Riether, Patience Robbins, Frank Sasinowski, Matt donor reception. Sherman, Jane Spell, Jennifer Svetlik, Mary Tschudy, Art Shalem’s non-Board $PNNJUUFFNFNCFST, who gave so von Lehe, Liz Ward, and Ed Wilson. much time over the year: .BSL(PPEXJO .BSHPU&ZSJOH 1BVM-FNPO -FTMJF.JMMFS and 5IFSFTF5BZMPS4UJOTPO. SPECIAL THANKS We especially want to thank the 5SVTUGPSUIF.FEJUBUJPO their continuing support of Shalem’s Going Deeper: Clergy 1SPDFTTfor their help with the Young Adult Life and Spiritual Life and Leadership Program. Leadership Initiative and &EOBBOE%PVHMBT/PJMFT for

28 Shalem Institute 40 YEARS—TRUSTING THE SPIRIT

Shalem was born in the spring of 1973! During this 40th anniversary year, we give thanks for all that the Spirit has given, we rejoice in what is happening now, and we celebrate the unfolding future. Our year-long celebration began in February 2013 with the Contemplative Voices Award honoring Richard Rohr, OFM. In addition, we welcomed John Philip Newell as our 40th anniversary year Gerald May Seminar speaker in April and took 40 pilgrims to Iona in June.

Well before the end of the ﬁscal year, we reached our goal to raise $500,000 for our special 40th Anniversary Deep and Wide Campaign to fund technology and leadership initiatives! That special funding enabled us to create and launch two new e-courses and our Young Adult Life and Leadership Initiative for young adults ages 25-40. Our anniversary celebration ends with the capstone 40-Hour Contemplative Prayer Vigil; more about that will be shared in an upcoming journal.

We give thanks for these 40 years of trusting the Spirit and recommit to what and where the Spirit is leading us now.

40TRUSTING THE yearsSPIRIT

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 29 Board of Directors 2012-2013 Shalem Staff 2012-2013 Ridgeway Addison Nancy Nikiforow &YFDVUJWF%JSFDUPS CeCe Balboni Susan Pullin Leah Rampy Kathleen Hope Brown Erika Schleifman O. Robert Brown Jane Sharp 4FOJPS1SPHSBN%JSFDUPS Winston B. Charles Jayne Shontell Carole Crumley Kendrick Curry Phil Stone 1SPHSBN%JSFDUPST Carol Eckerman Elizabeth Tuckermanty Ann Dean Mark Goodwin Clair Ullmann Patience Robbins Dana Greene Ellen Willenberger Elizabeth Ward Albert Keeney 4FOJPS1SPHSBN"ENJOJTUSBUPS Shalem Adjunct Staff 2012-2013 Christine Jeffrey Nicholas Amato Katy Gaughan %JSFDUPSPG$PNNVOJDBUJPOT%FWFMPQNFOU Carel Anthonissen Anne Grizzle Monica Maxon John Baker Jim Hall CeCe Balboni Tim Hamlin )FMQ%FTL5FDIOJDBM"TTJTUBOU Douglas Battenberg Al Keeney Bryan Berghoef Stephanie Burgevin Hong-il Kim 4QFDJBM"TTJTUBOU1SPHSBN"ENJOJTUSBUPS Winston B. Charles Nancy Nikiforow Tanya Radford Phil Cover Diane Paras Marshall Craver Dawn Peck %JSFDUPSPG'JOBODF Kendrick Curry Rich Plant Martha Sherman William Dietrich Patience Robbins Bob Donnell Mimi Saayman 8FCNBTUFS$PPSEJOBUPSPG0OMJOF-FBSOJOH Mary Edwards Trish Stefanik Ruth Taylor Nancy Eggert Phillip Stephens 4FOJPS'FMMPXGPS4QJSJUVBM(VJEBODF Margot Eyring Elizabeth Tuckermanty Rose Mary Dougherty, SSND Sid Fowler Nancy Weir 'PVOEFS4FOJPS'FMMPX Office Information The Rev. Dr. Tilden Edwards, Jr. Shalem Institute Ofﬁce Hours: Monday to 3025 Fourth Street, NE Friday, 8 am-4 pm Edited by Monica Maxon Suite 22 Design: Peña Design, Inc. Washington, DC 20017 www.shalem.org Photography: Susan Etherton, Ana Rampy, Leah Rampy, 301-897-7334 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 202-595-0336 June Schulte and Frank Toia.

30 Shalem Institute SHALEM’S MISSION To nurture contemplative living and leadership

SHALEM’S CORE VALUES Awareness that God is intimately present within and among us Reverence for the mystery of God’s presence Desire for spiritual discernment in all things Radical willingness to trust God Respect for the unique spiritual path of each individual Recognition that contemplative living and leadership require spiritual support Commitment to action in the world arising from a contemplative orientation toward life

Going Deep and Wide July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013 31 Shalem Institute Non-Proﬁt Org US Postage 3025 Fourth Street, NE, Suite 22 PAID Washington, DC 20017 Washington, DC Permit No. 770

CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE & LEADERSHIP Going Deeper, Nurturing Your Call, and Transforming Community

Shalem offers in-depth programs to support your God-guided career, personal life, and ministry with others. Staff: Carole Crumley, Ann Dean, Rose Mary Dougherty, Tilden Edwards, Patience Robbins, Liz Ward and others 41*3*56"-(6*%"/$& For those in the ministry of one-to-one spiritual direction -&"%*/($0/5&.1-"5*7&13":&3(306143&53&"54 For those leading prayer groups and retreats in churches and other settings $-&3(:41*3*56"--*'&"/%-&"%&34)*1 For clergy in congregational settings seeking to nurture their spiritual heart and leadership 1&340/"-41*3*56"-%&&1&/*/( For those wanting support to live each day prayerfully and authentically :06/("%6-5-*'&"/%-&"%&34)*1*/*5*"5*7& www.shalem.org [email protected] For young adults, ages 25-40, who seek a deeper spiritual foundation for their lives and 301-897-7334 leadership