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Julie Ann Stevens
Julie Ann Stevens

Reflections on the Contemplative Way

I grew up in an anti-religion family, and yet my childhood was full of spiritual experiences. I was born exactly one year and nine months after the death of my parents’ firstborn, a son, at age five from leukemia. Each summer we often visited Little Harold’s grave, planting and watering flowers, but I spent the… Read more

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I Believe that Humans are Called to be Contemplatives

Nearly 20 years ago, in a period of life when my spiritual path had become overgrown with weeds and my inner light dim, I attended a training in Mind Body Medicine. As part of the training, we learned a basic mindfulness meditation practice. In small groups, we sat in a circle and learned to attend… Read more

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