Day's End Meditation
2024-11-19 17:15 - 17:45 (America/New_York) | The Retreat House, 22005 Church Street, Hillsboro, MD, 21641, United States
Wherever you are, listen, breathe, and be still. Move peacefully into your evening each evening.
Weekdays 5:15 – 5:45 p.m.
Feel free to log in to hear a beautiful prayer or poem followed by just the right amount of quiet meditation time. Come a few minutes early and say hello.

“It has been a way to honor the shift in the demands of the day,
breathing in God’s Love,
breathing out gratitude for the Divine Mystery…”

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Poetry by the Fire
2024-11-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Talbot County Free Library, Easton, 100 West Dover Street, Easton, MD, United States
Join us with our friends at the Talbot County Free Library for this evening of Poetry by the Fire on November 21st. All are welcome! Bring your own poem, or a found poem, and/or settle in to listen! We’ll listen to poems that sing out our human story with respect for each person. We’ll listen together as community in this cozy setting and be woven by what we hear. For more information, please reach out: heather@retreathousehillsboro.org

Silent Weekend Retreat
2024-11-22 16:00 - 2024-11-24 11:00 | Foehliage Retreat Center, 31450 Sassafras River Ave, Galena, MD, 21635
Welcome to our Hermitage on the shore of the Sassafras River for this weekend of stillness and grounding.
During each silent weekend, there will be free-flowing time for resting, silence, journaling, and nourishing food, all at your own pace. We will begin and end our weekend with a gentle conversation, for evening supper on Friday and breakfast on Sunday. With a small gathering of only three participants, each person will have their own bedroom and the communal use of the spacious living and dining rooms, the kitchen, and the beautiful grounds and riverside spaces. If you have dietary needs, please let us know when you register by emailing heather@retreathousehillsboro.org. Each participant will have the opportunity to sign up for a spiritual companionship conversation with one of our spiritual directors.
Sign up soon, as silent retreats have limited availability.
Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/gvk352p
If you’d like to learn more about the Retreat House Hermitage and taking a personal retreat, please visit our website: https://retreathousehillsboro.org/personal-retreat-days/

Wisdom Café
2024-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM
Wisdom Café

All are welcome to join in this Retreat House gathering – the Wisdom Café, held each Monday from 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST on Zoom.

We usually begin with an inspirational reading, enjoy a bit of quiet time. Then we take turns sharing what bubbles up and listen to each other’s reflections. It’s an hour of friendly companionship–no commitment, no charge.

Come and go as you please!

If you would like to receive an email reminder on Monday mornings (which will include the zoom link) please sign up here.

Otherwise please add the date to your calendar for the Wisdom Café on Mondays at 12 Noon.
Here’s the Zoom link.

Sacred Saturday Mornings ~ Gathering of the Greens
2024-12-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Evergreen, 770 PORT STREET, Easton, MD, 21601, United States
This event has been cancelled due to a family emergency in our Retreat House community. Thank you for your understanding and support. We look forward to seeing you at another Retreat House offering.
Sacred Saturday mornings are an invitation to step out of your busy days and gather in community for reflection, conversation and stillness. Come and join us for warm drinks, a short sharing of poetry and/or readings, silence, sharing of responses and time on your own in the beauty of nature. The labyrinth will be available for quiet walking meditation. There will also be the opportunity to create greenery decor for your home from the bounty of the resident trees at Evergreen. Sharing connection over a box lunch will be part of the peaceful day’s journey. Come be part of community as we pause, and breathe, and Gather the Greens.
In case of inclement weather, please visit this webpage for any updates.
Suggested donation: $45
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/GatheringGreens

Women's Christmas
2025-01-04 09:30 - 15:00 | Foehliage Retreat Center, 31450 Sassafras River Ave, Galena, MD, 21635
Women’s Christmas
January 4, 2025
9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
held at
The Foehliage, Galena, Maryland

The celebration of Women’s Christmas is an invitation to rest, Give yourself this special time to refresh your spirit and restore in the company of other women. We’ll sink into this restorative day as a celebration of Celtic Women’s Christmas, an ancient and time-honored tradition of Celtic spirituality shared at the Feast of Epiphany. In our day, it is a day set aside for women to gather, to be in community with each other, and to rest and refill after a busy holiday season.
Join us on Saturday January 4, 2025 for this time of rest in the Divine God. Through poetry, song, time outdoors (weather permitting) and quiet reflection we will refresh our spirits by learning a bit about the Celtic tradition and resting in the Love of God and in the loving community gathered for the day.
Celtic spirituality is embodied in the voices of Celtic poets and singers, such as John Phillip Newell, John O’Donohue, Padraig O’Tuama, and Celtic Woman. Please join us to honor these voices, rest, and immerse yourself in nature.
We will enjoy a light breakfast, a wholesome lunch, and the opportunity to enjoy the riverside beauty in our midst and immerse ourselves in nature.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/REST-XMAS

COMMUNITY AND SILENT MEDITATION
2025-01-20 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Please join us
Monday, January 20
for an hour of
COMMUNITY AND SILENT MEDITATION
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST on Zoom

On a day of importance for our country and the world,
we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted
people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time to be
together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine
and listening deeply in the quiet for
the guidance, encouragement and love
that we can all lean into as we start walking
the long road into the unknown.

Come when you can, leave when you must.
We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.

The gift of your presence in the circle
will mean so much to all who gather.
JOIN HERE:
Topic: Prayer Gathering for 1-20-2025
Time: Jan 20, 2025 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Mary Magdalene
2025-01-29 17:00 - 18:30 | ZOOM
Mary Magdalene –
telling her story,
telling our story
plumbing the depths of the Christianity we haven’t tried yet
Wednesday Evenings
January 8 – February 12
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. on Zoom
Join for the first time, or continue our exploration from the fall and/or winter circle. With the help of the Gospel of Mary, and Meggan Watterson’s book Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet, we will dive into the depths of the earliest days of Christianity, known as “The Way.” Gather for contemplative listening and conversation and discover with us in community: What would it look like if we truly followed the way of Jesus without hierarchy and power? How would our engagement with the Holy be different? How would prayer be different?
All of our offerings are supported solely by individual donations. This circle has been sponsored in part by a friend of our community. This allows us to invite you to offer a donation that feels right to you, and that may be used to help others participate in offerings like this. Thank you for being part of a community that doesn’t let finances get in the way.
This offering is underway. Please register for the Mary Magdalene circle beginning on February 26.
If you don’t have the book, please order Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet by Meggan Watterson. Please read the introduction and through page 68, if possible. It can be purchased from our Retreat House Bookshop (link below) or your favorite bookseller. We will send the Zoom link, which will arrive before our first gathering.
The Retreat House Bookshop – Every book purchased from our bookshop provides both a discount to you, and a stipend for The Retreat House.It can be found on the front page of our website or here:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/mary-magdalene-revealed-the-first-apostle-her-feminist-gospel-the-christianity-we-haven-t-tried-yet-meggan-watterson/15458953?aid=19040&ean=9781401954284&listref=community-favorites&

Icon artwork by Laura Neal.

PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
2025-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Monday, February 10
Please join us for a
PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST
on Zoom

The gift of your presence in the circle will mean so much to all who gather.

With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown.
Come when you can, leave when you must. We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
Find the Zoom link HERE.

Photo by Shane Rounce. Unsplash.com.

Gospel of Thomas
2025-02-11 15:00 - 16:30 | ZOOM
The Gospel of Thomas

Tuesdays
January 8 – February 11

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
On Zoom

Gather together as we explore and listen to the Gospel of Thomas. Each week we will prayerfully listen to one of Jesus’ sayings from this ancient source and take time to reflect upon what rises for each of us.

Suggested donation: $85
All of our offerings are supported solely by individual donations. This circle is partially sponsored, allowing us to offer it at a reduced amount. Please share what you feel led to share, whether less, or more to support another. Thank you for being part of a community that doesn’t let finances get in the way.
We are grateful for the generous support of a friend of The Retreat House for partially sponsoring this event.

Being the Beloved: A Winter Weekend Women’s Retreat
2025-02-21 16:00 - 2025-02-23 13:00 | Foehliage Retreat Center, 31450 Sassafras River Ave, Galena, MD, 21635
Being the Beloved: A Winter Weekend Women’s Retreat
Friday, February 21 – Sunday, February 23, 2025
Hosted by The Retreat House
At the Foehliage Retreat Center in Galena, MD
Guided by Linda Mastro

Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.
This is the most important, the first on the list. But there is a second to set alongside it: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ These two commands are pegs; everything in God’s law and the Prophets hangs from them.”
Matthew 22:34-40 (The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language)

Praying with the greatest commandments, we often focus on the love of God and neighbor. Despite our best intentions, we can easily overlook that Jesus included us in this equation of love. Loving ourselves requires that we remember that we are the beloved children of God. We may have been programmed to judge ourselves harshly and to downplay our worth. These standards, designed to keep us humble, also undermine accepting our divine goodness. How on earth can we truly extend love to others if we do not stand on a firm foundation of love for ourselves?
In his classic book, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World, Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, professor, psychologist, and prolific writer, says, “As long as ‘being the Beloved’ is little more than a beautiful thought or a lofty idea that hangs above my life to keep me from becoming depressed, nothing really changes. What is required is to become the Beloved in the commonplaces of my daily existence, and bit by bit to close the gap that exists between what I know myself to be and the countless realities of everyday life. Becoming the Beloved is pulling the truth revealed to me from above down into the ordinariness of what I am thinking of, talking about, and doing from hour to hour.”
In this retreat, we will explore what it means to embrace our Belovedness. Together we will reconsider self-care as an act of love that can transform our relationships in all domains of life. The retreat will include time for silent rest and reflection, heart-enriching conversation, and mindful prayer and movement. You will take home practices that will inspire you to live each day more fully into your one, precious life.
The retreat begins with dinner on Friday evening and ends with a prayer service and brunch on Sunday. The cost of the retreat includes five nutritious meals, lodging, and all materials.

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/WINTERBELOVED

Gospel of Thomas
2025-02-25 15:00 - 16:30 | ZOOM
The Gospel of Thomas

Tuesdays
February 25 – April 15
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
On Zoom

Gather together as we explore and listen to the Gospel of Thomas. Each week we will prayerfully listen to one of Jesus’ sayings from this ancient source and take time to reflect upon what rises for each of us.

Suggested donation: $85
All of our offerings are supported solely by individual donations. This circle is partially sponsored, allowing us to offer it at a reduced amount. Please share what you feel led to share, whether less, or more to support another. Thank you for being part of a community that doesn’t let finances get in the way.
We are grateful for the generous support of a friend of The Retreat House for partially sponsoring this event.
Register HERE.
More about the source: The Gospel of Thomas was one of the manuscripts discovered in 1945 when the Nag Hamadi texts were discovered in Egypt. The Gospel of Thomas today is considered by many to be a rich resource for the deepening of a person’s relationship with God and Yeshua. Listening prayerfully to the sayings offers us an experience of Jesus as a wisdom teacher. The Gospel is different from the canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as Thomas does not offer any type of narrative about the life of Jesus. Instead it contains one hundred and fourteen sayings of Jesus or Yeshua. Each saying stands alone and offers a great deal of wisdom into the sayings of Jesus and is an invitation to the student of Thomas to go deeper into what is being said.

Living the Tension - Holding Opposites Together in Love
2025-02-26 13:00 - 15:00 | ZOOM
Living the Tension – Holding Opposites Together in Love
February 26 on Zoom
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

We navigate our external lives around multiple opposites; for example, early/late, inside/outside, fast/slow. In our inner life we tend to hold opposites within a space that considers their significance or impact on our lives; for example, freedom/constraint, silence/sound, enigma/answer.
The tension inherent in opposites can be creative or destructive. Hence, inside tension there is innate power. Only a non-dual mind can reconcile the tension creatively. Race, politics, culture and religion are breeding grounds for opposition to become explosive.Therefore, within the context of our polarized country, we will ponder these questions:

How are we to hold the innate power of tension?
What are the consequences if we choose to hold the tension in love?
How might we be agents for transforming polarization into reconciliation?
Join us as we rest and wonder in the presence of Spirit and spiritual guide Phil Cover. This 2-hour retreat will offer time to listen to Phil’ wisdom, be lead by his questions and share in silence and conversation with others.
A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants before the start of the retreat.
This event has been funded by a generous donor. Registration is required for planning purposes. Register HERE.

Mary Magdalene
2025-02-26 17:00 - 18:30 | ZOOM
Mary Magdalene –
telling her story,
telling our story
plumbing the depths of the Christianity we haven’t tried yet
Wednesday Evenings
February 26 – April 16
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. on Zoom

Join for the first time, or continue our exploration from the fall and/or winter circle. With the help of the Gospel of Mary, and Meggan Watterson’s book Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet, we will dive into the depths of the earliest days of Christianity, known as “The Way.” Gather for contemplative listening and conversation and discover with us in community: What would it look like if we truly followed the way of Jesus without hierarchy and power? How would our engagement with the Holy be different? How would prayer be different?
All of our offerings are supported solely by individual donations. This circle has been sponsored in part by a friend of our community. This allows us to invite you to offer a donation that feels right to you, and that may be used to help others participate in offerings like this. Thank you for being part of a community that doesn’t let finances get in the way.
Register HERE.
If you don’t have the book, please order Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel, & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet by Meggan Watterson. It can be purchased from our Retreat House Bookshop (link below) or your favorite bookseller. We will send the Zoom link, which will arrive before our first gathering.
The Retreat House Bookshop – Every book purchased from our bookshop provides both a discount to you, and a stipend for The Retreat House.It can be found on the front page of our website or here:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/mary-magdalene-revealed-the-first-apostle-her-feminist-gospel-the-christianity-we-haven-t-tried-yet-meggan-watterson/15458953?aid=19040&ean=9781401954284&listref=community-favorites&

Icon artwork by Laura Neal.

Day's End Meditation
2025-02-28 17:15 - 17:45 | The Retreat House, 22005 Church Street, Hillsboro, MD, 21641, United States
Wherever you are, listen, breathe, and be still.

Move peacefully into your evening each evening.
Weekdays 5:15 – 5:45 p.m. EST

Feel free to log in to hear a beautiful prayer or poem followed by just the right amount of quiet meditation time.
Come a few minutes early and say hello.

“It has been a way to honor the shift in the demands of the day,
breathing in God’s Love,
breathing out gratitude for the Divine Mystery…”

Join online: https://zoom.us/j/212677840
Password: [REDACTED]
Call in/Audio only: +1 301 715 8592

Prayer Gathering for Resilience in Community - on Zoom
2025-03-10 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Please join us
Monday, January 20
for a
PRAYER GATHERING FOR RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST on Zoom
With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown. We invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer.
Come when you can, leave when you must.
We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
The gift of your presence in the circle
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Wisdom Café welcomes Debra Donnelly- Barton!
2025-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM
Wisdom Café welcomes Debra Donnelly- Barton!
Debra is a seminary-trained Spiritual Director with 20 years of experience and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry in Public Theology and Creative Writing, based on what Rowan Williams calls “an essential restlessness in the enterprise of Christian utterance. This degree explores how to write and speak about theology that expands the realities of God’s active loving presence. The public sphere, especially now, obscures the generosity of divine love; public theology endeavors to reveal what is already here.

All are welcome to join in this Retreat House gathering – the Wisdom Café, held each Monday from 12:00-1:00 p.m. on Zoom.

We usually begin with an inspirational reading, enjoy a bit of quiet time. Then we take turns sharing what bubbles up and listen to each other’s reflections. It’s an hour of friendly companionship–no commitment, no charge.

Come and go as you please!

If you would like to receive an email reminder on Monday mornings (which will include the zoom link) please sign up here.

Otherwise please add the date to your calendar for the Wisdom Café on Mondays at 12 Noon.
Here’s the Zoom link.

PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
2025-04-14 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Monday, April 14
Please join us for a
PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST
on Zoom
The gift of your presence in the circle will mean so much to all who gather.
With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown.
Come when you can, leave when you must. We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
Find the Zoom link HERE.
Photo by Shane Rounce. Unsplash.com.

Poetry Open Mic - HOPE
2025-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Talbot County Free Library, Easton, 100 West Dover Street, Easton, MD, United States

PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
2025-05-12 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Monday, May 12
Please join us for a
PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST
on Zoom
The gift of your presence in the circle will mean so much to all who gather.

With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown.
Come when you can, leave when you must. We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
Find the Zoom link HERE.
Photo by Shane Rounce. Unsplash.com.

Prayer Gathering of Resilience in Community
2025-06-09 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Monday, June 9
Please join us for a
PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST
on Zoom
The gift of your presence in the circle will mean so much to all who gather.

With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown.
Come when you can, leave when you must. We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
Find the Zoom link HERE.
Photo by Shane Rounce. Unsplash.com.

Summer Book Circle - The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, by Jean-Yves Leloup
2025-06-11 15:00 - 2025-07-23 16:30 | ZOOM
Summer Book Circle
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, by Jean-Yves Leloup
on Zoom
Wednesdays, June 11 and 25; July 9 and 23
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EST

Gather together as we explore and reflect upon ‘The Gospel of Mary Magdalene’ explained and guided by Jean-Yves Leloup–theologian, writer, and translator of Greek and Coptic language texts. We will meet on Zoom on four Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EST: June 11 and 25; July 9 and 23.
A reading schedule and link will be sent to registrants. Or, see the reading schedule below. Please order the book at our online Retreat House Book Shop, or your favorite bookstore. There are links below. We look forward to seeing you!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/LeloupMM

Here are the pages that we will read before each gathering:
June 11 – the introduction and preface – through page 59
June 25 – Pages 60 – 105
July 9 – Pages 106 – 157
July 23 – 158 – 176

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Prayer Gathering of Resilience in Community
2025-07-14 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Monday, July 14
Please join us for a
PRAYER GATHERING OF RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST
on Zoom
The gift of your presence in the circle will mean so much to all who gather.

With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown.
Come when you can, leave when you must. We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
Find the Zoom link HERE.
Photo by Shane Rounce. Unsplash.com.

Prayer Gathering for Resilience in Community
2025-07-22 08:00 - 17:00 | The Retreat House, 22005 Church Street, Hillsboro, MD, 21641, United States
Please join us
Monday, September 8
for a
PRAYER GATHERING FOR RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
with
short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST on Zoom

With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown. We invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer.
Come when you can, leave when you must.
We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
The gift of your presence in the circle
will mean so much to all who gather.

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Prayer Gathering for Resilience in Community
2025-08-11 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Please join us
Monday, August 11
for a
PRAYER GATHERING FOR RESILIENCE IN COMMUNITY
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short readings and poetry
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon EST on Zoom

With our world in such a time of change, we invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer. We will gather on Zoom for a time of community and silent meditation. Join us to be together, holding our hearts open to the Great Love of the Divine and listening deeply in the quiet for the guidance, encouragement and love that we can all lean into as we start walking the long road into the unknown. We invite you to spend an hour among like-hearted people of prayer.
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We will be together from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST.
The gift of your presence in the circle
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2025-09-08 11:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM

Gospel of Thomas - the mystical sayings of Jesus
2025-09-09 15:00 - 16:30 | ZOOM
Gospel of Thomas

Tuesdays
September 9 – November 18 and December 2 – 16

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
On Zoom

Gather together as we explore and listen to the Gospel of Thomas. Each week we will prayerfully listen to one of Jesus’ sayings from this ancient source and take time to reflect upon what rises for each of us.

We ask for a suggested donation of $85. All of our programs are supported by donations. Whether you pay less, or more to support another, we are grateful. Please never let finances keep you from gathering. A Zoom link will be emailed before the start this circle.
Please register HERE.

More about The Gospel of Thomas:
The Gospel of Thomas is one of the 52 texts discovered at Nag Hamadi in 1945 and represents some of the earliest Christian teachings. Many of the Nag Hamadi codices were initially classified as Gnostic, a category that placed them outside of mainstream Christian thinking.
It is highly likely that The Gospel of Thomas was written before the four New Testament gospels. Stevan L. Davies, Ph.D. is an influential author of 18 scholarly books and Professor of Religious Studies. He argues that the apparent independence of the ordering of sayings in Thomas from that of their parallels in the first three Gospels shows that Thomas was not evidently reliant upon the canonical gospels and probably predated them.
The Gospel of Thomas is very different in tone and structure from the four canonical Gospels. Unlike the Gospels in our Bibles, it is not a narrative account of the life of Jesus; instead, it consists of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus.
Scholars regard the Gospel of Thomas as one of the most important texts in understanding early Christianity outside the New Testament. A central theme of the Gospel of Thomas is that salvation comes through a mystical understanding and experience of the words of Jesus rather than through doctrines to believe in or sacraments to do.

Book Circle - Wild Mercy, by Mirabai Starr
2025-09-10 15:00 - 16:30 | ZOOM
Wild Mercy
Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
by Mirabai Starr
A Zoom Book Circle
September 10 – November 19
and December 3 – 17
Wednesdays, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EST

Join us for this online book circle, where we will explore and ponder the many gifts of the women mystics throughout both time and culture. We will read Wild Mercy slowly over many weeks, allowing for generous conversation and wondering. Wild Mercy is essential reading for anyone ready to learn more, to awaken the feminine mystic within, and birth her loving and creative essence into the world. The author’s voice has been known to be both humorous and down-to-earth. As part of our journey with the author, we will delve into the at-home spiritual practice of reflective journaling. To prepare us, for those who are drawn to this practice, we will be guided and inspired by Lisa Groen, friend of The Retreat House, contemplative writer, and author of soon to be released The Cassatt Sisters: a Novel of Love and Art.
Register HERE.

We will read one chapter a week, and come to the first gathering having read the book’s introduction. A Zoom link will be sent.
The book can be purchased by means of Amazon, The Retreat House Bookshop, or your favorite book seller:
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More about reflective journaling: Journaling as a spiritual practice can be akin to prayer, and a grounding way at home to deepen self-awareness and welcome clarity of the heart. Lisa Groen will inspire and guide us in this at-home practice, a practice unique to each of us and encouraged in Wild Mercy. She is author of The Mother’s Book of Well-Being: Caring for Yourself So You Can Care for Your Baby and the soon to be released, The Cassatt Sisters: A Novel of Love and Art.
More about Wild Mercy: We live in a world that has suffered from an unbalanced masculine rule for thousands of years—but the feminine is rising. “Seeds of feminine wisdom that have been quietly germinating underground are now breaking through the surface,” writes Mirabai Starr. “Women everywhere are rising to the collective call to step up and repair our broken Earth. And we are activating a paradigm shift such as the world has never seen.”

With Wild Mercy, Mirabai shares the subversive wisdom and fierce compassion of the feminine mystic across cultural boundaries and throughout history. From saints and sages, to goddesses and archetypal energies, to contemporary teachers and seekers—you’ll meet women who blazed a path that will illuminate your own.

Each chapter explores a different facet of feminine mysticism through a tapestry of teachings, reflections, and stories, along with a practice for integrating the chapter’s themes into your own life. As you journey through these pages, you’ll explore:

Taking refuge in contemplative practice with St. Teresa of Avila and the Shekinah
Longing, embodiment, and union as the heart of feminine spiritual practice with the Hindu poet Mirabai and Mary Magdalene
Your relationship with the Earth, motherhood in all its forms, and a loving call to action alongside Gaia and Ix Chel
Community and the web of life with Indra, the Beguines, and female prophets throughout history
Wild, playful, and compassionate mercy with Tara and Kuan Yin
Finding joy in creativity and the arts with Saraswati and Chiyo-ni
More inspiration from archetypal goddesses and amazing women past and present—Julian of Norwich, the Sufi saint Rabia, Pachamama, Sophia, Old Spider Woman, Hildegard of Bingen, Demeter, Kali, and more.

Wild Mercy provides a much-needed alternative to the models of religion and spirituality that have dominated history, an alternative suited for both men and for women. Here, Mirabai invites you to welcome the wisdom of women back into the collective field where it may transform the human family, heal the ravaged Earth, and awaken the divine love in our hearts.

Wisdom Cafe Welcomes - Lisa Groen
2025-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | ZOOM
