Category: Online Shop
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How to use your Retreat in a Box
Let’s say you have chosen the Live in Love Retreat in a Box, or perhaps you have been gifted one, and it arrives through your letter box. You open the box with delight, and sift through the various goodies within, but just how do you turn the contents into an actual retreat?
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Making Your Mind Up: Balancing Business and Faith, A Blogger’s Dilemma
Facing a pivotal moment, I ponder the renewal of my blog subscription as I navigate the challenges of family life and my role as a parish priest. With modest sales, I seek to weigh the potential benefits of continuing my online presence for both business and spiritual outreach. Your support could make a difference!
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Pink and Glitter: Discovering Art Journaling as a Creative Path to Prayer
Art journaling combines creativity and spirituality, allowing individuals to express their faith through artistic processes. The author shares personal experiences from retreats and online workshops, highlighting the therapeutic nature of art journaling. By utilizing everyday materials, one can explore emotions freely, transforming play into meaningful prayer and self-discovery.
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Everything is Holy: Reclaiming Halloween, A Christian’s Approach
As Halloween approaches, many Christians grapple with how to respond. Emphasizing love and hospitality, one vicar shares her family’s integration of Halloween with Christian traditions, such as embodying saints and hosting community events. She advocates reclaiming All Hallows’ Day and suggests various ways to observe the festival, from celebrations to quiet reflections.
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We’ve Only Just Begun: Creating My New Online Shop for Retreat Gifts
Ugh! Like many creatives I do not enjoy the technical side of life. I love writing retreats and creating my Retreat in a Box gifts, but have struggled with the fine details of creating my online shop in order to enable more people to experience them!
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The Sound of Silence
National Retreat Week approaches, emphasizing the need for renewal of body, mind, and soul. Retreats offer space for calmness and connection with God. Suggestions include visiting Quiet Gardens, creating personal sanctuaries at home, or experiencing retreats in special locations. Additionally, Retreat in a Box provides portable retreat options for anyone seeking respite.
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Dizzy
I still seem to be offering random items for sale such as vintage type writers and bicycles! My creative (not technical) mind has become a little dizzy! I will plough on until I can delete that image of a (rather gorgeous) leather clad chair and you, my lovely readers and maybe even customers, are able…
