Category: Quotes

How You Loved Me a poem by Steve Garnaas-Holmes   That without a word you sat with me in grief, me wounded and alone, robbed…

Martin Buber teaches that humility, in classical Hasidism, is built around the notion that each person is unique and, therefore, precious. “In each person there…

“…let’s make a group decision to drop once and for all the Bible-as-owner’s manual metaphor. It’s terrible. It really is. When was the last time you…

      Shauna, one of our Partners has provided this beautiful photo with a corresponding prayer.  Thanks, Shauna!   © Shauna Bjorndahl Enter The…

Here is what emerged from  participants, mostly lay leaders,  at the end of a recent contemplative worship seminar led by two SoulStream partners. What we…

The SoulStream Leadership Group recently began a planning retreat with a song by Stephen Iverson entitled, A Holy Rest. Here are the beautiful lyrics offered…

A brother at Scetis committed a fault.  A council was called to which Abba Moses was invited, but he refused to go to it. Then…

“If it’s God’s Spirit blowing, someone ends up having feathers ruffled in an unforeseen way.”  Sue Monk Kidd.  

Belden Lane, in his book The Solace of Fierce Landscapes, helps us see the contemplative motivation for true social actioion: ” As a Trappist monk…

In the SoulStream community dialogue around the terrible accident suffered by Steve Imbach, the Director of SoulStream, one of the partners said the following.  I…