Blog: Here & Now Lent 2023
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A contemplative’s journey.
LENT DAY 17
Selah Director Emeritus, Selah Center
Wellbeing Educator
Spiritual Director/Deep Listener
Program Director, Rolling Ridge Retreat Center
North Andover, Massachusetts
Pausing and pondering,
I am captured by Love’s ordinary, pounding presence among us.
Not the overbearing, intrusive kind
(you know, the Apostle Paul’s noisy gongs and clanging cymbals image)
but the gentle, persistent, and inclusive kind that actually does
en-courage,
fortify,
inspire
and moves us toward life.
This rhythmic Love drumming in the background…
everyday… everywhere…in everyone.
This Love echoing “from before the foundation of the world.”
This Love…pervasive…present…plain…pulsating.
Do you hear it…right now…right where you are?
Try this:
Sit still for a moment. Real still.
Listen for your own pulse.
Your own heartbeat.
The sound of your life.
The echoes of Love for you.
JOHN KIEMELE
John Kiemele is a well-being educator and spiritual director who currently companions individuals, teaches various seminars and lifestyle classes, leads contemplative retreats, and also serves as Program Director at Rolling Ridge Retreat Center. With a focus on contemplative soul care, John gratefully walks alongside individuals, small groups, classrooms, and congregations. Recognizing how intentional pausing and listening unlocks life, John strives to engage the whole person – body, mind, soul – in the lifelong process of living well. John received his Ph.D. in education/spirituality from the Talbot School of Theology, with post-doctoral emphases in Spiritual Direction, Mindful Self-Compassion, the Enneagram Spectrum, and Wellness Coaching.
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