Archive for the 'Retreat' Category

Loved X 3

April 29, 2008

“LOVED X 3″ was the theme of the retreat, and looking back on it, I see that we were. It felt messy to me as I was going through it: so many of us, and all so different; so many hopes and so many wounds. But of course! That’s the point, isn’t it. (Papa laughs and [...]

Turning Places into Palaces

February 22, 2008

This morning I’ve got another quote for you from Frank Laubach. He wrote this at a time when he was without his family and feeling very much alone. It fits what many of us have experienced in the prayer tent, but also encourages us to turn our homes and even our minds and bodies into this [...]

Retreat

December 10, 2007

We’re back. Sharon and I returned last night from Ohio where we spent 5 days at a retreat center for pastors and their wives, and then a couple of days with our kids and granddaughter in Cincinnati. Thank you for your prayers. It was an important week for both Sharon and me. There is no [...]