Mary Oliver’s Thirst: Poetry, Loss and the Longing for God
Together we will explore Thirst (2006), the luminous collection Oliver wrote after the death of her partner. In Thirst, Oliver opens her heart to loss while stepping more deeply into the language of prayer, praise, and spiritual yearning.
Quiet Days Retreat
Come away to a quiet place…. We offer these quiet days as an opportunity to disconnect from the busyness of life, and to settle into the silence.
Directed Retreats with Various Spiritual Directors
Step away from the demands of daily life and into a sanctuary of peace. Our five-day retreats invite you to slow down, breathe deeply, and embrace the stillness that allows your soul to awaken.
Many Paths to God Retreat
On our spiritual journey together we will explore the prayers and and spiritual rituals of our neighbors as a way to honor and appreciate how they can aid us on our path to hope and new life.
The Three Amigos: Our Sacred Texts: The Foundation of Faith
We will open up what we believe about the "sacred texts" of our faith traditions that form the foundation of our awareness of and our belief about the Holy One.
Practicing Life with the Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer, one of the foundations of 12-Step Recovery, is built around deeply inspirational words: serenity, acceptance, change, wisdom and courage. In this program we will reflect on how these words inspire and challenge us.
The One About the Rabbi and the Pastor
In an integrative approach to learning, we’ll draw forth stories of Biblical women by learning together.
ZOOM Experiencing and Encountering Wisdom
Through the Hebrew Scriptures, the mystics, and our own stories, we will explore some of the ways that Wisdom permeates our Universe, our lives and our relationship with our world.
Nondual Spirituality: A Journey Beyond Boundaries
This retreat offers a space to explore the universal nature of nondual awareness through the lens of various spiritual traditions, including Christian mysticism, Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism, and Sufism.
Enneagram for the Inward Journey Retreat
This weekend workshop will introduce participants to the nine Enneagram types, guide them in identifying their own type and help them experience how self-understanding can lead to compassion and allow them to live from their truest self.
ZOOM A Quiet Moment
Through prayer and reflection, silence and conversation, questions and ponderings, may we come to know more deeply the Divine Feminine, Wisdom, Who yearns for us…Who delights in us!
Desert Spirituality: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Seekers
In this one-day retreat, we will immerse ourselves in the spiritual wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, as well as early Christian hermits who sought solitude in the desert as a path to inner peace and divine union.
ZOOM The Artist's Way
Begin the New Year with the intention to get UNSTUCK! Spend this 13-week journey with CREATIVES like YOU!
ZOOM Ways to Wisdom
A time of prayer and reflection exploring the mystery of Wisdom, a female image of the Divine, and the means
The First Step to Freedom - Awakening Beyond the Mind
In this three-hour session, you’ll be invited to step back from the noise of the mind and rest in the quiet awareness that’s always been there.
The Beatitudes-A Design for Living
The blessings of the Sermon on the Mount are meant to give us a blueprint for being aware of God in the things and people around us, no matter where we are.
Directed Retreats with Various Spiritual Directors
Step away from the demands of daily life and into a sanctuary of peace. Our five-day retreats invite you to slow down, breathe deeply, and embrace the stillness that allows your soul to awaken.
Quiet Days Retreat
Come away to a quiet place…. We offer these quiet days as an opportunity to disconnect from the busyness of life, and to settle into the silence.
Mary Oliver Retreat: "I Got Saved by the Beauty of the World” — Her Best Poems about Life, Death, and Everything in Between
Mary Oliver is a favorite of poetry lovers of all ages for her lyrical, intimate, and sensitive poems, many of which use nature as a lens for exploring a wide spiritual spectrum of human emotions, from love and joy to sorrow and despair. The best Mary Oliver poems remind us to pause and take a breath, revel in our surroundings, and encourage us not to take anything for granted.
ZOOM Sacred Harmony: Walking the Mystical Path of Christian and Indigenous American Wisdom
What does it mean to live as if all creation is sacred? What happens when we listen for God’s voice not only in scripture, but also in the wind, the waters, the stones, stars, and even our own bodies?
Freedom & Faith: A Spiritual Celebration of Juneteenth
Join us for a powerful and uplifting Spiritual Juneteenth Program as we honor the legacy of our ancestors, celebrate liberation, and embrace the spirit of resilience and faith.
Franciscan Mindfulness: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred
In the spirit of St. Francis, who saw all creation as kin and every moment as sacred, this retreat invites us to slow down, listen deeply, and immerse ourselves in the wisdom of the natural world. Rooted in Franciscan mindfulness, we will explore how nature reveals the Divine and calls us into presence, compassion, and interconnection.
Journaling to the Beloved
This daylong program will explore guided journaling as a path toward deepening our relationship with God.
Gift and Transformation: On Fire for God
Take your faith to new levels: live more appreciatively of God’s intimate love and many GIFTs; live a more on-fire, TRANSFORMATIVE faith.
World Labyrinth Day
On this World Labyrinth Day, join Marcie Swift to immerse yourself in her powerfully healing harp notes, guided imagery, and enchanting story-telling.
ZOOM Mystical Wisdom: Finding the Divine Within
Join Br. Mark for an on-line retreat that will support you to explore four ancient, traditional mystical paths — contemplative stillness, the via positiva of awe and wonder, the via negativa of letting go, and the via creativa of divine expression.
The Three Amigos: Religious Faith: It’s About Relationship
The Three Amigos talk about Faith as a Relationship with God that is mirrored in and lived out as our Relationships with others.
Journey of the Universe
What does it mean to be descended from the stars? How might awareness of our cosmic origins help us fulfill our role in a living Earth community?
ZOOM Ways to Wisdom
Hungering for Wisdom, the Divine Feminine, in your life? You are not alone.
Parables of the New Testament
These teaching stories used by Jesus were drawn from nature or familiar circumstances and were used to convey profound spiritual lessons about love, redemption and mercy.
ZOOM Lenten Series: Taizé Prayer and Guided Meditation
At the start of Lent, we invite you to join us for a three-part on-line series of Taizé Prayer Services and Guided Meditation, a time to slow down, reflect, and deepen our connection with the Mystery of God.
Quiet the Mind-Returning to Our Self
The gift you didn’t get for Christmas. Please join me in offering ourselves the gift of slowing down and caring for the body, heart and mind with a Day of Mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition of Zen Buddhism.
Spiritual Practices for Everyday
Immerse yourself in a day dedicated to exploring and deepening your connection to timeless spiritual practices.
Quiet Days Retreat for Women
Come away to a quiet place….Leave behind the busyness and distractions…Settle into the silence….Discover Silence settling in you…