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Rest + Return Registration

We would love for you to join us at one of our upcoming Rest + Return half day contemplative retreats.

Saturday June 7
Saturday August 23
Saturday November 15
Saturday January 10

The time is always 9-12:15 at Warehouse 242 in Charlotte, NC.
Rest + Return is a free offering, but we do ask for participants to register. Additional information is sent prior to the retreat.

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Probably the most common prayer is some form of as

Probably the most common prayer is some form of asking for help, and I imagine God is always glad when we come to him with our troubles and our cares.

It is good to turn to God. It is good remember we aren’t going it alone, that in all things, God is a partner.

But lately, I sense God inviting me to the slight but significant shift in perspective that flips that idea on its head. What if rather than seeking God to partner with me, my perspective and prayers changed to consider how I am being invited to partner WITH GOD?

What keeps bringing you to God, lately, asking for His help?
One of your kids? Your job?
Something troubling in the world?
A need for provision or discernment?
An unmet desire?

What if, instead of seeing the thing as ultimately YOUR care, You saw it as God’s? What is God’s heart in the matter?
What if you began to see God as the initiator and yourself invited to partner WITH HIM? What are his hopes, his vision?
Pause to consider, in his unhurried pace, the unseen and unknown ways he is patiently at work.

I am finding that as I take time to consider these things, to listen to the Spirt and imagine, I settle into a place of peace, a place of encouragement and hopefulness that unburdens me and has me asking better questions, like, “God, what is mine to do today in partnering with You?”

Rest + Return is a mini contemplative retreat we o

Rest + Return is a mini contemplative retreat we offer four times a year in Charlotte, NC. We believe that when we make space for God, He is faithful to fill it.

And so, as the unrhythmed cadence of summer approaches, join us for a morning of quiet with space to reflect and notice God’s movement in your life and listen for the Spirit’s invitation.

All are welcome.

9 AM -12:15
@Warehouse 242, 2307 Wilkinson Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28208

R+R is free, but we do ask people to REGISTER. Link in bio to register.

“There is no gospel without rest” We believe

“There is no gospel without rest”

We believe we are formed for others and we love getting to share what God is using to shape us in our lives with others. Here is Erin sharing a written reflection with our worship community last weekend.

This reflection was based on what emerged for her from meditations over Easter and how God invited her to rest in the midst of turmoil much like the Psalmist writes, “you have prepared a table for me in the presence of my enemies.”

Last week we thought we might be saying goodbye to

Last week we thought we might be saying goodbye to our beloved dog, Bo, but as it turned out, with the help of some steroids, he rallied and is doing much better. Then, quite suddenly and unexpectedly, one of our chickens, Maggie, fell ill and died yesterday. It’s been quite the roller coaster over here.

Last night Bryan and Ella buried her. He gave her a simple but dear eulogy followed by some hugs and tears.

As I prepared dinner, I felt aware of the holy gift it is to witness and honor life, even the life of a chicken. And it reminded me that, though it is hard, it is good to contemplate death, to remember that this life is brief, but our spiritual life is eternal. It is now and it is forever.

I love these lines from Wendell Berry’s poem, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer’s Liberation Front:

“So, friends, every day do something
that won’t compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it…
Ask questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias…
Expect the world to end. Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts…
Practice Resurrection.”

I want to be someone who practices resurrection, who takes life seriously but doesn’t cling to it.

I am lingering this spring in the mystery of Easter, in the beauty and hope and unknown implications of the resurrection, that in fact death precedes life.

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