Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Wilderness Retreat
Over this past weekend most of us were on the wilderness retreat. Lets talk about it and share our memories and experiences with everyone. What was your favorite part of the wilderness retreat? What was most memorable part for you? Did you make any new friends over the weekend or get to know someone that you kind of knew before better? Over the weekend we also talked about the different spiritual disciplines. Which one did you find to be the most helpful to you in your walk with God? Were there any that you didn't think were helpful? What part of the retreat stretched you the most if at all? I know we talked about all of this in class on Monday, but I wanted to give everyone a chance to share their experience and thoughts since not everyone was able to in class.
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Even though I wasn't on the retreat with you, and I'm bummed that I wasn't bc it sounds like you guys had a blast, I did my own "Silent retreat" here. As I was studying the spiritual disciplines, I learned the most about silence... about how much it's needed and about how much of it I DON'T have in my life... it's definitely an area I need to improve. I also really enjoyed journaling. I journal a lot, but during the retreat, I had the opportunity to read over the journals from the past 4 yrs... it was incredible to read about where I was and things that God has brought me through in those years. It was a way of allowing me to see the work of God in my life. SOmetimes those things are hard to see or realize, but I suggest reading through old journals sometime and you will really see what God is doing or has done.
ReplyDeleteI got to know numerous people on a deeper level through a lot of great conversations. It was really refreshing for me to get away from school and to make some new friends. In terms of spiritual disciplines, silence and solitude had a big impact on me. The fact that Jesus went away to be by himself after he performed miracles really caught my attention. We aren't suppose to just go out and evangelize all the time, we absolutely must spend quality alone time with the Father.
ReplyDeleteThe retreat was very needed for me. I needed to get away to recharge. I made a lot of good friends. I became even closer with my MSO group and small group. It is awesome now that we are back to say hi and talk to some people I did not know previously. Its awesome to see the people who went on the retreat around campus because we have a connection of an awesome weekend together. The spiritual discipline that helped me a lot was silence and solitude. I am learning more and more that I need times of silence and solitude to connect with God and keep refreshed. The days I don't practice this discipline are more chaotic for me. When I make time and space for God, He will work out the details of my day.
ReplyDeleteI became closer to those that stayed up late talking about random things. Some of those people I already knew, but some I had never said one word to. The spiritual disciplines that helped me a lot were silence, solitude, and journaling. It's nice to have those scheduled as part of everyday to keep a good connection with God.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of this retreat was small groups, just talking and being able to share with people I hardly know. The discipline I appreciated most was the combination of self examination and silence. It allowed me to just step back from the business of life and just reflect. The hardest part is probably coming back and taking what I learned and applying it.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part was hiking and exploring. I really enjoyed small groups as well. It was neat hearing from people that I was familiar with but had not truly connected with. I suck at being silent. This was probably the hardest discipline for me but it was a great reminder that it is vital to my spiritual journey to create space for God to speak into my life. The most challenging part of the retreat was probably not focusing on school work the whole time and actually relaxing and having fun in the setting I was in.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the wilderness retreat was the high ropes course I love high ropes courses and doing those kind of activities. My favorite spiritual discipline was silence. I've been going through a lot lately and have been having a lot of health issues going on so the whole retreat I was in loner mode because I wasnt feeling well and I just had a lot on my mind. So our moment on silence and journaling helped me stop all of the thoughts and worry going through my mind and here what God was trying to teach me through all that Im going through right now.
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