Through Wisdom Tree Collective, I've curated a collection of in-person and online retreats offered by me and other trusted facilitators, I hope to see you at one of them!
Longest Night Service
Thursday, December 21, 2023
7:00-7:45 pm CST on Zoom
This season can bring with it a mix of emotions for many reasons. Bright lights and cheery carols do not need to crowd out space for lament, longing, and lighting a candle of hope.
Join us for this contemplative service of instrumental music, readings, art, poetry, & prayer.
A Zoom link will be sent closer to the date and a reminder email with the link on December 21st. Check your spam folder if you do not see it by 4:00 pm on the 21st.
REGISTER through WISDOM TREE COLLECTIVE.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
7:00-7:45 pm CST on Zoom
This season can bring with it a mix of emotions for many reasons. Bright lights and cheery carols do not need to crowd out space for lament, longing, and lighting a candle of hope.
Join us for this contemplative service of instrumental music, readings, art, poetry, & prayer.
A Zoom link will be sent closer to the date and a reminder email with the link on December 21st. Check your spam folder if you do not see it by 4:00 pm on the 21st.
REGISTER through WISDOM TREE COLLECTIVE.
Weekly Centering Prayer Community
Join us any Friday morning from 9:00-10:00am CST for 20 minutes of Centering Prayer followed by Lectio Divina with selections from a Sacred text, poem, song, &/or piece of art.
Note: We are meeting in Kajabi Communities. Register for access and set how often you want notifications. Room opens at 8:45am. Postings & engagement available throughout the week.
Calendar for Lectio, Visio, & Audio Divina (looking, & listening with the eyes & ears of the heart):
August: Poems & Blessings by Mary Oliver, Kei Miller, John O’Donohue, & Kate Bowler
September: Art & Words by St. Hildegard of Bingen
October 6th-November: The Book of Job (translation by Stephen Mitchell)
December: The Gospels with art & music by various artists
Register here.
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Backyard Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna
Mystery. Stillness. Storytelling. History.
The oldest depictions of The Black Madonna date back to the Middle Ages (although some legends claim that Luke the Evangelist painted the first). Estimates suggest that there are between 450-500 Black Madonna artifacts scattered across Europe in shrines, roadside chapels, and cathedrals each built on the site where people encountered her likeness and experienced healing, protection from war and disease, a transformation of some sort. Each painting or likeness narrates a story about the nature of human longing and the possibilities around divine intervention.
What might an innovative practice of ethical devotion to The Black Madonna offer modern pilgrims whose journey begins “in their own backyard" where the holy summons us to reimagine new possibilities for being--where religion meets public life. Please join our workshop to learn and engage in spiritual practice that does not dismiss the world nor its problems but leans into contemporary human struggle from an ancient practice.
Rev. Dr. Amy Steele is offering this seminar as part of her second year study in Wisdom Tree Collective’s School of Spiritual Direction. She is also the Dean of the Upper Room Chapel in Nashville, TN.
Zoom link will be sent closer to the date. Please check your spam folder if you have not received it by August 17th.
REGISTER HERE.
Backyard Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna
Mystery. Stillness. Storytelling. History.
The oldest depictions of The Black Madonna date back to the Middle Ages (although some legends claim that Luke the Evangelist painted the first). Estimates suggest that there are between 450-500 Black Madonna artifacts scattered across Europe in shrines, roadside chapels, and cathedrals each built on the site where people encountered her likeness and experienced healing, protection from war and disease, a transformation of some sort. Each painting or likeness narrates a story about the nature of human longing and the possibilities around divine intervention.
What might an innovative practice of ethical devotion to The Black Madonna offer modern pilgrims whose journey begins “in their own backyard" where the holy summons us to reimagine new possibilities for being--where religion meets public life. Please join our workshop to learn and engage in spiritual practice that does not dismiss the world nor its problems but leans into contemporary human struggle from an ancient practice.
Rev. Dr. Amy Steele is offering this seminar as part of her second year study in Wisdom Tree Collective’s School of Spiritual Direction. She is also the Dean of the Upper Room Chapel in Nashville, TN.
Zoom link will be sent closer to the date. Please check your spam folder if you have not received it by August 17th.
REGISTER HERE.
Have you ever considered becoming a Spiritual Director?
Do people come to you for help in making decisions? Do conversations easily turn to God or spirituality?
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Application process for Fall 2024 will open November 27th.
Whether you have been drawn to Spiritual Direction as a vocation or you desire to listen and sit with others like a Spiritual Director, I offer an online, Wisdom-based certificate through Wisdom Tree Collective's School of Spiritual Direction.
1st year: Focus is on nurturing you, the Spiritual Director-in-training
2nd year: Focus is on discovering the type of Spiritual Director you are meant to be as you begin to sit with people in Spiritual Direction
An optional in-person class & retreat offered at Monastery Immaculate Conception at the end of Year One.
$2800. Payment plan and Financial Assistance available.
Learn more at www.wisdomtreecollective.com/school-of-spiritual-direction
Do people come to you for help in making decisions? Do conversations easily turn to God or spirituality?
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Application process for Fall 2024 will open November 27th.
Whether you have been drawn to Spiritual Direction as a vocation or you desire to listen and sit with others like a Spiritual Director, I offer an online, Wisdom-based certificate through Wisdom Tree Collective's School of Spiritual Direction.
1st year: Focus is on nurturing you, the Spiritual Director-in-training
2nd year: Focus is on discovering the type of Spiritual Director you are meant to be as you begin to sit with people in Spiritual Direction
An optional in-person class & retreat offered at Monastery Immaculate Conception at the end of Year One.
$2800. Payment plan and Financial Assistance available.
Learn more at www.wisdomtreecollective.com/school-of-spiritual-direction