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A week ago, Steve had an experience of God at the 4 day silent retreat at St. Meinrad Archabbey that he will never forget. Here's his story in his own words... "It wasn't that I ended up or happened to be at the retreat, it was the retreat ended up happening to me! I have a past that I hadn’t been able to deal with, in fact I let it define who I was. As a result I struggled with how God could love me. I read about His unconditional love in the Bible, it was preached from the pulpit, but I could never let it into my soul. During four days of silence and total disconnect from daily life along with Spiritual Directors as God’s conduit, I surfaced deeper sins I had refused to look at and became aware that all these sins were not who I was, but something I did. Remove what I did and I am still the child of God He created. In my silence focusing on listening to God I heard Him speak, “Steve, I love you.” And I melted. I cried. I felt lifted up. My spiritual awakening could not have happened without the silent retreat and spiritual direction. It created the environment where I could actually hear God speak to me. I have been so blessed. A couple of days later I awoke at 3:30 am giddy with life like Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas morning." ________ The power of Silence and Spiritual Direction! Many thanks to Sally Sharpe for joining me to provide spiritual direction at this silent retreat. Note: Steve started to befriend Silence through Centering Prayer and a silent day retreat. You're welcome to join me online any Friday from 9am-10am CT for a Centering Prayer group. Beginners always welcome! Contact me for the Zoom link.  The campus of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, IN Comments are closed.
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AuthorKasey is a scarf, ball and club juggling spiritual director just outside of Nashville, TN. Play helps her Type-A, Enneagram 1 personality relax, creating space for poetry and other words to emerge. She also likes playing with theological ideas like perichoresis, and all the ways we're invited into this Triune dance. Archives
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