Annual Winter Retreat--Wonderland

For the past five years, I have been going to the New Melleray Abbey for a retreat.  Since many of the Sages in my leadership study said this was a good thing to do, I decided I needed to have this experience.  Now after a pattern of going on retreat always at about the same time in early January, I have come to think of this as a winter wonderland.  It is always cold, stark, and usually snowing.  The idea is to have some time to be alone, be in silence, and to go within myself so I can "hear" what I am thinking with a goal of calming the inner chatter or to listen to the inner voice.

I will be sharing some of my insights from this retreat in a few posts.  Thanks for reading.

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