Wisdom Circles: Tending the Holy in the Fallow Season

Wisdom Circles
Our ancestors gathered in circles around the fire to tell stories,
solve problems, seek the common good and celebrate the joys of life.

Winter Wisdom: Tending the Holy in a Fallow Season
5 Wednesdays  6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
January 29 – February 26, 2020
The Stam House
114 Washington Ave., Chestertown MD 21620

Winter is the season where all around us fields lay fallow. The spiritual life does well to emulate nature’s wisdom. We need stillness. We need rest. There is a time for going deeper that has nothing to do with productivity. We have been trained to ignore the rhythms of nature, to stay busy and efficient at all times. So it will take a new kind of attentiveness to sink into our own fallow season.

Our Wisdom Circle will explore ways to attend to the holy within each of us through guided meditation and contemplative practice. Each session will focus on a particular topic, learn practices to use in the week ahead and spend some time together in quiet.

Winter’s stillness and quiet will support our quiet practices. We’ll learn waiting with the fields as we allow ourselves to rest in the Spirit of the season.

$75.00 per person – Pre-registration is required. Please register by Wednesday, January 22.
Online: http://bit.ly/wisdomcirc2                                Email:  info@retreathousehillsboro.org
Mail: The Retreat House, P. O. Box 3, Hillsboro MD 21641 – please indicate “Chestertown”

Debra Donnelly-Barton is a graduate of The Stillpoint School for Spiritual Direction and the General Theological Seminary in New York. She has an MA in theology from St. Mary’s Seminary and University. Debra has studied the Ignatian spiritual exercises as well as an intensive training in centering prayer with Thomas Keating.