Sitting down for a meal with loved ones and friends, knowing you can come as you are and be known and loved - it changes things in us that other things can’t.
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Sometimes finding joy in difficult situations might be challenging or feel impossible. We need our perspective to shift, to invite God into our midst so that we might be able to see the beauty of the situation. For many of us, that doesn’t come naturally and we need others to help guide and teach us how to view things in this way.
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We long for the peace that Christ brings. We long for a world where things are set right, in harmony in the world that God created through Christ.
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“There are safe spaces to wait for hope -places for coziness and warmth, while you sit and rest in community, hope can sneak into your heart. A place where the weight of the darkness can be met by the hope of light.”
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The slow change of the seasons lets the trees know when to change, but there are signs for us, too, as to when a change needs to come.
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I needed the time and space to explore what would be next for my life, who I wanted to be, and what I actually cared about. I didn’t know exactly what I’d get out of the program, but I knew I wanted to try and lean into the process of what Interyear could be.
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Through the stretch of our formative young adult years, summer plays the role of the biblical wilderness. Summer is when our rhythms shift, our settings change. There is a particular freedom to summer that is written in our bones. We remember the way it feels to explore, to play, to wander.
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I spent my retreat in deep contemplation around this question. What is it, truly, that I desire? I realized that I do certainly desire to continue testing my vocation in the monastic way of life with the Order of Saint Helena. But there was something else. Something deeper.
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