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What is a Book day?
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Spiritual
Reflection
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Book Discussion
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Day of Retreat
Have you been longing for a day of
retreat? a spiritual book discussion group? time to reflect with
co-journeyers?
Souls on
the Journey
provides opportunity and space for
retreat and dialog one day each month (Oct-May).
Join us for a
day of sharing prayer time, discussion and experiential
contemplation.
These days are
open to anyone who would like to share gentle time together to meet
Spirit through our shared love of books.
These
gatherings foster openness and offer safety across lines of our
various theological, political, and denominational positions. |
The following poem was written as a group (9 people) at the closing of
May 2007's Souls on the Journey
Day -after discussing and praying The Wisdom of Wilderness
by Gerald May; each person wrote two lines:
Wisdom of Wilderness Poem 5/1/07
This, This, This pond flows through
me
Running, yet somehow still
Green, Green, Greening my soul
The touch of grass enlivens me
It is the Earth within me
Nurturing all growth
Ripples in the gray-green water
Sun off the water
Water to run in
Play in, laugh in
Lily pad, floating on the water, rooted deep.
Turtles resting near them.
Violets growing wild,
Scattered like polka dots on green
This moment passing quickly
Knowing always the present moment
Is all we have
To thine own self be true,
But only after truth in God and Creation.
And This-This-This you.
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LEADERS:
Both facilitators are spiritual directors and graduates of Oasis’
Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides and Deepening
Year for Direction Ministries.
Kathleen Roney,
M. Div. is a prison chaplain and is also a doctoral candidate in
Spirituality at Drew
University. Her special interests are Celtic Spirituality and
creating prayer beads.
Linda Klopp,
B.A., is an artist, group leader, and yoga practitioner. Her special
area of interest is in 12 step spirituality.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m.
Place:
This year we are
pleased to announce two locations for book days, which we will use on an
alternate basis.
Please make note of the location with each date!
Kenbrook Camp, 190 Pine
Meadow Road, Lebanon, PA, 17042 (Sept. 15, Nov. 20, Feb.
16, Apr. 21)
(Woodland Lodge, Cedar Room)
(717) 865-4547; www.kenbrook.com
Or
Kirkridge Retreat Center,
2495 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013 (Oct. 20, Jan.
19, Mar. 16, May 18)
(Farmhouse) 610-588-1793,
www.kirkridge.org
Retreat fee: $35-$55 per
gathering date
(discounts of 10-15% if you
register for 4 or more at one time: $125 for four gatherings; $235.00
for all 8 gathering dates)
ADDITIONAL INFO:
What to bring: Lunch & utensils, treats to share with the group, and an openness to Mystery!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: We request
that you register at least ONE WEEK prior to each
discussion day.
To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller
betsykeller@oasismin.org,
Oasis Ministries for Spiritual
Development, 419 Deerfield Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011; 717-737-8222;
oasismin@oasismin.org
“How wonderful it has been to bask in God's healing love together.”
—Donna Kulik, Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides
CLICK HERE FOR
2009-2010 BOOK LIST
UNDERSTANDINGS AND INVITATIONS
“Let each reader travel prayerfully
with the group when sharing fully in their convictions; let each reader
search prayerfully with the group when sharing doubts; let each reader
return prayerfully to the group when recognizing error; let each reader
call each reader back prayerfully; In this way let us advance along the
road of mystery toward the Divine.”
Paraphrase from St Augustine, DeTrinitate
And, “Let the reading read you! As
you read each month’s book prior to our meeting, reading join your
life. Be curious and attentive to where the book stops you, where it
turns your head, where it stirs your emotion. Use those moments as
prayer; be open to journaling, art, movement. Let the book lead you in
to the invitation being offered through the reading. Reading in that
moment becomes an icon for the Word behind the words. Trust your
reading to read your life, to bring you to those moments of connection
needed in your journey. Read expectantly. Read in gratitude for what
is there; for what is waiting to be found.”
~ Glenn Mitchell, Director of Training and Program
A RITUAL TO READ TO EACH OTHER
If you
don't know the kind of person I am
and I
don't know the kind of person you are
a pattern
that others made may prevail in the world
and
following the wrong god home we may miss our star.
For there
is many a small betrayal in the mind,
a shrug
that lets the fragile sequence break
sending
with shouts the horrible errors of childhood
storming
out to play through the broken dyke.
And as
elephants parade holding each elephant's tail,
but if one
wanders the circus won't find the park,
I call it
cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty
to know
what occurs but not recognize the fact.
And so I
appeal to a voice, to something shadowy,
a remote
important region in all who talk:
though we
could fool each other, we should consider--
lest the
parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark.
For it is
important that awake people be awake,
or a
breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;
the
signals we give--yes, no, or maybe--
should be
clear: the darkness around us is deep.
William Stafford
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