Category: Petite Retreats
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Blissful
One first time guest chose not to dive into the arts materials, or to pick up some mindfulness knitting, or read a book, but gathered a hand crocheted blanket in her arms and headed out to the paddock to lie in the sun and dream. As later we gathered to share in a picnic supper,…
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Dreams and Visions
Throughout this evening retreat in The Quiet Garden on the borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire, we will be given permission to daydream, to holy doze, or even take 40 winks!
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Chocolate
Many may think that equating God’s love to chocolate is rather flippant, a bit ‘Dibbly’, maybe, and perhaps there is humour to be savoured here too, I certainly hope to see smiles on the faces of my guests.
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Beauty of the Cross
We have been through, and continue to endure, so much desolation at this point in history. As we approach Holy Week, it seems appropriate to spend some time at the cross seeking its beauty, and its hope.
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G&T with God
Oh how wonderful, I thought, to be able to sit with God (She/Her) the wisest of wise women, to be enshrouded in Her love and Wisdom, and laugh over a G&T.
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Love is all you need?
This time last year I was preparing to ‘love bomb’ the villages in which I lived and served as the village vicar. I also knew that I would be leaving before the year was out.
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Finding God
I find myself not drawn to the heart of the ‘holy places’, the ‘holy of holies’, but to the edges
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How to Make a Sacred Space
What makes a space truly sacred, is the time spent praying within it, which is why ancient church buildings feel the way that they do; generations of people over hundreds of years have faithfully prayed and worshipped within them. We may just be beginning, but the more time spent praying within the space we have…
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Live in Love
Next month sees my least favourite ‘holiday’, St Valentine’s Day, and yet I am leading a Petite Retreat based around love. Why?
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Unravelling
‘Unravelling’ often has negative connotations, carrying a sense of falling apart, but it can be positive too. In fact, unravelling can be a really healthy exercise when we get to grips with the knots that shouldn’t be there, or are no longer useful.