Category: retreats
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A Box Full of Smiles and Goodie Bags
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One of the things we did at the last retreat was assemble goodie bags to be sent to Tabitha at A FiveOhFour Uplifting. Her family’s mission is to provide and send goodie bags and other uplifting mail to children and adults in hospitals with illness or disabilities, homeless individuals, or…
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My New Job (Week Two) and a New Retreat to Lead
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I’m chugging away at my second full week of my new job. So far, I like it a lot. The change of pace and scenery is definitely a welcomed event for me. Even though it’s a little crazy, everything seems “do-able.” I’m going to admit, even things that might have…
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Change and the Power of Choice
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I’ve been neck deep in change over the past few months, as I imagine many of you have. My job got nutty, looking for a new job is stressful, and to top it off … this morning I went down to the garage to find out my car had been…
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Retreat Theme: Be the Change You Seek
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Our planning team met on Monday evening to go over our next retreat theme, which is “Be the Change You Seek.” The title comes from the quote by Ghandi. We agreed upon the theme after thinking about what’s been going on in our own lives. While we each meet up…
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What Kind of Retreat Appeals to You? and What Moves you to Blog?
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This week my retreat planning team met with Father Rusty to go over a little plan we concocted. See, we lead retreats for young adults (defined as ages 18-40). It’s a pretty wide range for a single gathering of people, especially seeing as a high school senior and a new…
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Centering Prayer and Meditation: Two Interviews
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One of the topics we’re going to go over at the retreat is Centering Prayer and meditation. Interestingly, I came across a couple of excellent interviews today that both addressed this very topic! 1. NPR’s Fresh Air: PTSD Treatment for Monks, an interview with Dr. Michael Grodin A moving interview…
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How to Plan a Retreat: Using Your Resources
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In the world of retreat planning, you often need to rely on the resources you have on hand. Lots of times, budgets are small, and the more you can stretch your dollar, the better! So, here are a few ideas on how to make the most using the things your…
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Ready for Saturday: Retreat in a Box!
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Our next Young Adult Day retreat is on Saturday. Our theme this time around is “Living the Retreat Every Day of the Week,” or … “Retreat in a Box.” (Yes, there were many references to SNL around ‘Retreat in a Box’ including much singing and laughing and strange gesturing. No,…
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Ocean of Mercy: A Video from Spiritual Pilates
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Last weekend was an amazing retreat – it’s always so hard to recap retreats because so much happens. I find that it often takes a long time to really process everything that went on, from learnings, to meeting so many new people, to the presentations. One of the things I…