{"id":34,"date":"2014-03-10T12:18:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T19:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2019-09-30T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T17:00:50","slug":"retreats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Retreats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/family_praying_hands.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/family_praying_hands-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"family_praying_hands\" width=\"148\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rediscovering Beauty: Poems to Inspire Prayer &amp; Contemplation During Lent<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This retreat, first given in person in 2017 at\u00a0<em>Nativity of Our Lady\u00a0<\/em>in San Luis Obispo CA and\u00a0<em>Resurrection Church<\/em> in Aptos CA,\u00a0offers three reflections on the poetry in <em>The Book of Psalms<\/em> alongside beloved mystic and contemporary poems from the likes of St Teresa of Avila, Rumi and Hafiz, Mary Oliver and more.\u00a0 Use these resources to carve out sacred time for yourself during Lent as we rediscover how the beauty of language can nourish us in times of uncertainty, drawing us closer to God and one another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?page_id=374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Session I: Songs of Lament\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?page_id=472\">Session II: Songs of Thanksgiving<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Session III: Songs of Praise (updating soon)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From Ash to Water: Meditations on Lent<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781495496738?aff=2or3littlebirds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.booksense.com\/images\/books\/738\/496\/FC9781495496738.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>This retreat was offered during the 2015 Lenten season and is based on the book <em>From<\/em> <em>Ash to Water<\/em> by Luis Granados.\u00a0 You do not need the book to participate.\u00a0 Weekly Reflections offered for each Sunday in Lent.<\/p>\n<p>For related posts in this retreat sequence see:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"1st Week of Lent: Make in Me A New Heart\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1st Week of Lent: Make in Me A New Heart<\/a> | <a title=\"2nd Week of Lent: Transfigure Us, O Lord\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd Week of Lent: Transfigure Us, O Lord<\/a> | <a title=\"3rd Week of Lent: thirst for living water\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3rd Week of Lent: Thirst for Living Water<\/a> | <a title=\"4th Week of Lent: God Made Visible\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4th Week of Lent: God Made Visible\u00a0<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5th Week of Lent: I Will Be With You<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>A Clearing Season: Reflections for Lent<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780835898171?aff=2or3littlebirds\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000;\" src=\"http:\/\/images.booksense.com\/images\/books\/171\/898\/FC9780835898171.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>This is a free retreat for the Lenten season based on the book <em>A Clearing Season<\/em> by Sarah Parsons. If was given in person, but you can use the book and make your own journey here!\u00a0\u00a0<em>How are you opening up space in your busy life for God?\u00a0 Where have you made more room for light, joy, and grace?\u00a0 <\/em>Weekly Reflections offered for each Sunday in Lent.<\/p>\n<p>For related posts in this retreat sequence see:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ash wednesday\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ash Wednesday<\/a> | <a title=\"lent: exploring the wilderness\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lent: Exploring the Wilderness<\/a> | <a title=\"Lent: first clearing\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lent: First Clearing<\/a> | <a title=\"Lent: Natural Rhythms\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=88\">Lent: Natural Rhythms<\/a> | <a title=\"Lent: New Growth\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=97\">Lent: New Growth<\/a> | <a title=\"Lent: weathering storms\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lent: Weathering Storms<\/a> | <a title=\"Easter: Consecration\" href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=125\">Easter: Consecration<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rediscovering Beauty: Poems to Inspire Prayer &amp; Contemplation During Lent This retreat, first given in person in 2017 at\u00a0Nativity of Our Lady\u00a0in San Luis Obispo CA and\u00a0Resurrection Church in Aptos CA,\u00a0offers three reflections on the poetry in The Book of Psalms alongside beloved mystic and contemporary poems from the likes of St Teresa of Avila, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Retreats<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}