Lenten Retreat (2009)

Our Lenten Retreat: Your Responses and Mine

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 04/30/2009

Thanks to all of you who filled out our survey—we sent it to get your honest responses and to help us think about what to do next. What you told me you especially liked about this retreat. These are not listed in any particular order: The exercises The ability to do the retreat on your [...]

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Living Easter

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 04/22/2009

I’m really glad for the elaborate liturgies of Holy Week. After forty days of Lent, I am programmed for introspection, facing my sin, unraveling my emotional life and my motives, and stripping down the interior rooms to reveal the truth about my history, my present, my desires, and my fears. If a person attends to [...]

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Lent Is Ended . . . and New Life Continues

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 04/14/2009

Christ is risen! Allelulia! I hope that each of you can bring into this new season some hope, some prayer, and some creativity—our world needs all three. Our individual lives need all three. Lent provided forty days to reassess our needs and desires, to quiet our souls and clear some space for hope, prayer, creativity, [...]

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Easter: “What would it take to say yes to love?”

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 04/09/2009

Welcome to my Easter reflection. (To view previous reflections refer to the list at right). Each week’s reflection is drawn from a chapter of Days of Deepening Friendship. While it is not necessary to read these chapters to participate, it will likely enhance your experience. This week’s reflection is based on Chapter 10. Let’s get [...]

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Holy Week: “Why is passion important?”

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 04/06/2009

Welcome to my Lenten reflection for Holy Week. (To view previous reflections refer to the list at right). Each week’s reflection is drawn from a chapter of Days of Deepening Friendship. While it is not necessary to read these chapters to participate, it will likely enhance your experience. This week’s reflection is based on Chapter [...]

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