“Almost everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, scared, and yet designed for joy.”
~Anne Lamott in Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Whatever our flaws, it is indeed encouraging to know that we are actually designed for joy. But what is joy? And how can we live into it more fully, intentionally and courageously? Join us for Living into Joy to begin exploring these questions.
Living into Joy is a Circle of Trust ® Retreat based on the approach to reflective inquiry of sociologist, educator, author and activist, Parker J. Palmer and the Center for Courage & Renewal. Led by highly experienced and skilled facilitators, these Circles are a space for honest dialogue and non-judgmental listening, providing opportunities to learn and practice ways of relating that help us to be more present with ourselves and others. Prompted by evocative texts, imagery and insights from the natural world, there will be time for individual reflection and journaling as well as large and small-group dialogues in which our own stories can be shared. These processes offer the opportunity to gain a new depth of self-knowledge and clarity around the questions we are holding, and build our courage to respond in life-giving ways.