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Peace, by Kelli Randolph

Posted by Jackie Halstead | December 4, 2022

Kelli Randolph is in the 2022-23 Cohort for Certification in Spiritual Direction at Selah. She has a B.S. degree in Psychology from Western Kentucky University. Kelli has a heart for those serving in the clergy, and for women in the trenches and transitions of life. She loves to read, write, create, and travel with her husband of 32 years, Scott. ...READ MORE »

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Spiritual Nourishment

Posted by Jackie Halstead | November 29, 2022

There are so many great opportunities for giving, aren’t there. My email is exploding today with many quality organizations who are doing much good. I’m not sure who started Giving Tuesday, but the timing is spot on! In the midst of intense spending on me and mine, I’m reminded of my privilege. I have so much and so many do not. ...READ MORE »

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Graces Remembered

Posted by Jackie Halstead | September 7, 2022

Several months have passed since my 30-day silent retreat. The retreat in and of itself was important, but even more so is what has remained with me from that experience beyond the immediate mountain top euphoria. There were so many invitations during the retreat. I wrote my prayers and it has been a joy to look back at them all. However, ...READ MORE »

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30-Day Silent Retreat, Part 2 

Posted by Jackie Halstead | May 23, 2022

In this piece, I continue my reflection on the 30-day silent retreat in which I was led through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Today I’ll talk about the exercises in general and aspects of my experience of the first week. As I begin this reflection, allow me to offer a disclaimer. These writings are about my personal experience of the ...READ MORE »

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Silent Retreat, Part I

Posted by Jackie Halstead | April 25, 2022

The question I am most often asked when someone learns of my 30-day silent retreat is “How can you be silent for so long?!” They are amazed, first, that anyone would choose to do it, and second, the actual act of being quiet for that length of time. It is indeed an “outside-the-box experience.” The most challenging piece, however, was ...READ MORE »

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Competing Stories by, Jackie Halstead

Posted by Jackie Halstead | October 18, 2021

I like to think of the seasons in terms of the story they represent. Each season is a chapter in the story of the year. Winter is one of my favorite seasons. There is something peaceful about this chapter. It’s about living with established routines and settling into life. It’s a season of work, but even more, it’s a season ...READ MORE »

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Silence and Solitude by, Jackie Halstead

Posted by Jackie Halstead | May 24, 2021

I’m a big proponent of silence and solitude. It’s one of the most important things I do for my ministry. Once a year I do my best to do an eight-day silent retreat. It often ends up being six or seven days, but eight is always my goal. Last year was an exception due to the pandemic. I missed it. ...READ MORE »

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The Communion of the Empty Hands

Posted by Jackie Halstead | April 5, 2021

I want to share with you a favorite Easter reading. It articulates the beauty of and true heart of Easter.  Today is Resurrection Sunday. My first Easter in prison. Surely the regime can’t continue to keep almost 10,000 political prisoners in its gaols! In here, it is much easier to understand how the people in the Bible felt, stripping themselves of ...READ MORE »

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“Wait.”, by Lauren Seaber

Posted by Jackie Halstead | March 15, 2021

I was anxiously approaching 42 weeks of pregnancy, carrying our already-long-awaited little girl. I told myself I was familiar with waiting, had gleaned all the patience from the dark season of miscarriages I experienced before finally sustaining a healthy pregnancy. But two weeks past due, and two months into a nationwide lockdown following the declaration of a global pandemic, I ...READ MORE »

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We Are Blessed; We Are Broken, by Derek Cummins

Posted by Jackie Halstead | February 24, 2021

“And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’” – Luke 22:19 ESV The words above are familiar to all of us. They are a portion of the Holy Scriptures that we have come to love ...READ MORE »

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The Eternal Present Moment: My Journey to Selah by Derek Cummins

Posted by Jackie Halstead | November 13, 2020

A friend of mine said to me the other day, “space and time are not fundamental to human experience”. I suppose he’s right — in our redeemed, yet still fallen state we must suffer the perception of space and time in a way that God does not; that we were not originally created as icons of Himself to do. This ...READ MORE »

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A Candid Discussion of the Christian Response to Racism, an interview with Sarah Robinson

Posted by Jackie Halstead | August 26, 2020

Sarah Robinson graduated from Lipscomb University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in History Teaching and in 2018 with her Master’s in Communications. Sarah currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee where she teaches AP Social Studies at a local private school. She is a part of Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance’s inaugural fellowship for this academic year and working in the areas ...READ MORE »

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Spiritual Direction During the Pandemic – Interview

Posted by Jackie Halstead | August 11, 2020

In the following video, Jackie Halstead describes the ministry of spiritual direction. The interview is with Jim Anderson of the Harpeth Hills Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee. Spiritual Direction During the PandemicJoin Dr. Jackie Halstead, Founder and CEO of Selah: Center for Spiritual Formation, and Dr. Jim Anderson, Director of the Harpeth Hills Counseling Center, as they discuss how ...READ MORE »

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Rise up, oh Church, rise up!, by Jackie Halstead

Posted by Jackie Halstead | July 22, 2020

Rise up, oh Church, rise up! From the first hint of alarm with the coming of the pandemic, my heart yearned for the Church to rise up and be who it needs to be in this trying time. Christ used the descriptor of his body being a people of love—a portrayal that turns the eyes of the world toward our ...READ MORE »

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I Pray, by Erika East

Posted by Jackie Halstead | July 14, 2020

Erika: Often on the Selah blog, we get the privilege of hearing from one of our friends who is an inmate in a maximum security prison. We connected with these women through the Lipscomb LIFE program, an educational program that enables women who are admitted to earn an associate of arts degree in seven years. Erika is a very special ...READ MORE »

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Tonya Derry

Posted by Jackie Halstead | July 9, 2020

Fee: $50 Sliding Scale: Yes Language(s): English Contact Information: 615-775-0842 Description of Services: My name is Tonya Derry and God has called me to the ministry of Spiritual Direction. In June, 2020, I was fortunate to complete my training with Selah: Center for Spiritual Formation, where I acquired a Certificate in Spiritual Direction. Selah Center for Spiritual Formation is a program grounded in Christian contemplative ...READ MORE »

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Conduits of Love, by Jackie Halstead

Posted by Jackie Halstead | July 6, 2020

These are unprecedented times in which we now live. A pandemic whose ongoing impact is yet unknown. Hate, anger, fear, polarization within and outside the church. Our future is unclear. Yet the role of the Church is not. Although having a different face, these struggles are not unknown. The Church has faced war, pandemic, plague, persecution, threats coming from within and ...READ MORE »

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When You Don’t Have A Plan, by Sarah Robinson

Posted by Jackie Halstead | May 20, 2020

I’m the kind of person who likes to have a plan. A path marked. A trajectory laid out. I like to know where I’m headed and what I need to be doing along the way to stay well… on the plan. I work best knowing what’s the next right thing to do. I see my preference for order most evident ...READ MORE »

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God With Us

Posted by Jackie Halstead | March 24, 2020

Caitlin Phelps serves on the Selah Team as our Director of Social Media. She has a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Lipscomb University and is currently living in Lincoln, Nebraska. You can learn more about Caitlin on our website here. Emmanuel is a name of God that I’ve been familiar with my entire life. Mostly, this ...READ MORE »

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Instruments of Christ

Posted by Jackie Halstead | March 16, 2020

Dear friends, In our current climate of concern in light of the COVID-19, I want to share a meditation written by Fr. Luis Espinal. He was a Jesuit priest who was assassinated by paramilitary troops in Bolivia in 1980. This was written shortly before his death. “There are Christians who have hysterical reactions, as if the world would have slipped out of ...READ MORE »

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