Are you looking to carve out some time for yourself? Are you looking to connect with your faith? Are you looking to deepen your sense of the sacred in our midst? Try this mini retreat.
Read Job 12:7-10.
Go somewhere where you can get away into nature. The hope is to find a quiet place to be surrounded by God’s creation. Walk. Sit by water. Lie on the grass. Notice your surroundings. Listen. Breathe. Be present.
Reflect on the following question: “Choose one facet of creation that you love…Observe it, think about it, learn about it every chance you can, with this question in mind: if that element of creation were your only Bible, what would it tell you about God?” Brian McLaren, We Make the Road By Walking: A Year-Long Quest for Spiritual Formation, Reorientation, and Activation, 2014.
Bring something to take pictures. As you walk, take photos of crosses that you see in your surroundings. Look in the trees, on the ground, on signs. Give thanks for God’s creation and presence all around.
This message is excerpted from “Retreat where you are” by Kimberly Knowle-Zeller from the July 7, 2023, blog of the Women of the ELCA.
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