Photo: Side Altar at Iona Abbey
Photo Credit: Martin Guppy |
The notion of
retreat doesn't hold much appeal in popular
culture. We fill our lives with such frantic
to-ing and
fro-ing that the notion of stopping all the activity is
terrifying. Sad...
Whatever the spiritual tradition, retreat has a long and
storied history in human faith-formation. Retreats
provide us with a time to get out of the fray, to reflect
on where we have been and where we are heading. A
chance to pause and take stock--to see if we are spending our lives in a way that truly
reflects what we value most in life. |
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Retreat leadership is
both a gift and a burden. People give to you, to
themselves, and to God one of their scarcest resources--time. And the burden is to open up a space where they can
use the time to be most-present to God and to themselves,
a space where the inconsequential falls away and they can
focus on the fundamental.
I have shaped and led
retreats for a variety of groups in a number of formats.
A few are listed below; contact me to talk about your
specific needs.
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Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church--men's retreat
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King Moravian Church--congregational
retreat
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Grace Moravian Church--congregational
retreat
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Oak Ridge Presbyterian
Church--congregational retreat
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Saint Paul's Episcopal Church--vestry
retreat
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Southern Province of the Moravian Church--clergy
retreat--"a
Benedictine experience"
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