Taste of CLC’s
The Center for Contemplative Leadership invites you to try out a Contemplative Listening Circle (CLC)! This 90-minute experience of spiritual companionship is a chance to contemplate God’s presence in your life
A Note from Tammy
Every day when I come to work, before I go inside, I take a moment to enjoy the other-worldly beauty of the PTS campus. Sometimes I can’t believe how lucky I am to work here, in such a peaceful place with coworkers who are smart, supportive, and kind. How I got here some might call serendipity, synchronicity, or a happy accident.
The Gift of January Failures
This year, I decided to make no New Year’s resolutions. I tend not to make many, anyway. Instead, I resolve primarily to follow Christ more fully and love more faithfully—and not so much to do this or that with each year’s arrival. (I do want to get to the gym or into the woods more often because my body cries out for movement.
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Bo’s Advent Musings
Friends who know me well call me the “Sunrise Kid.” Some will receive random text messages from me at 6 AM with a new picture of my latest sunrise spot. I joyfully chase these glorious sights along the Jersey Shore. It wasn’t until last month that I realized I don’t have to drive a full hour to catch my sunrise off the water!
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Recap: Prayer as Resistance: Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice
On March 9-11 Princeton Theological Seminary’s Center for Contemplative Leadership held the Prayer as Resistance 2.0: Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice conference. This gathering showcased how justice work is tied to God’s love and how prayer fuels action. Attendees were greeted by conference presider, Bo Karen Lee, Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology & Christian Formation
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It Had Always Been This Beautiful: Reflections on Trauma, Contemplation, and Divine Re-Encounter
If Margaret Guenther were able to peer into my mental space, she would find it cluttered. Perhaps she would find it unkempt, unhospitable for welcoming guests, full of dark corners and airless spaces…
Recap: Forest Bathing with Guide Justin Ferko
On March 24th, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Center for Contemplative Leadership (CCL) partnered with Justin Ferko, a spiritual counselor, certified Forest Bathing Guide, and the founder of Wild Spirit Paths, to host a Forest Bathing walk at the Hephzibah Prayer Trail in Princeton, N.J. Participants gathered at the trailhead with Justin and CCL Director, Bo Karen
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Rhythm & Eats 2024: Jazz Concert and Food Truck Extravaganza
We invite our CCL community to join us at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Cherry Hill, NJ, at 3 pm on Saturday, September 21st. Jazz musician and close friend to the CCL, David Bennett Thomas, will be performing alongside Abe Speller and Gerald Benson as part of the The Gerald Benson Trio. We expect it
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Recap: Prayer as Resistance: Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice
Princeton Theological Seminary’s Contemplative Leadership Program hosted Prayer as Resistance: Contemplative Practices for Liberative Justice on campus and online April 22-23, 2022. An exploration of the ways in which our justice work can be anchored in the depths of God’s love for us and for our world, this conference included an opening panel, a jazz
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