Sunday, March 06, 2005
Silent Retreats
I'm a blogger! Or at least I think I am. We will see. I tried once and was a different number for California Dreamin. Now, I am California Dreamin 7 which is a complete number. We will see how complete of a blogger I am in a few minutes!!
A few days ago, I went on a silent Lenten retreat. It was a great day of silence in community, in t he foothills of Southern California; the part not sliding down the hill! We used a model called Lectio Divina, and then went into a 4 hour time of silence for prayer, meditation, journaling, and reflection on the passage for the day.
It just reminded me of the importance for me personally, but I would say all of us, to take that time out to be quiet, even in the midst of a very busy, loud and chaotic world that we all live in. It helps give us perspective. It helps us to be clear on decisions we need to make, and to be true to ourselves and who we are called to be by God.
A few days ago, I went on a silent Lenten retreat. It was a great day of silence in community, in t he foothills of Southern California; the part not sliding down the hill! We used a model called Lectio Divina, and then went into a 4 hour time of silence for prayer, meditation, journaling, and reflection on the passage for the day.
It just reminded me of the importance for me personally, but I would say all of us, to take that time out to be quiet, even in the midst of a very busy, loud and chaotic world that we all live in. It helps give us perspective. It helps us to be clear on decisions we need to make, and to be true to ourselves and who we are called to be by God.
# posted by SunnySue @ 9:45 AM 
