What participants are saying about the impact of the "Befriending Brokenness" retreat . . .

• Honored to be a part of this unfolding and sacred mystery of our time together. There is nothing more profound than recognizing the pain and the love that is shared in the heart of our humanity.
• Surprised by God, life, and pain, it is not either or, it is both/and, and the sacred Mystery holds us in all of that.
• Leaving lighter, more sense of awareness of my body, carrying joy with a new depth, through the process of befriending brokenness and knowing the belovedness is fully there.
• I am amazed that God brought me to here at just the right time with at the right people. I am leaving very encouraged.
• I am leaving with gratitude and joy, I want to take better care of myself and quit running from feelings. I want to befriend me.
• Amazed at the power of the horizontal—the sense of being together is so powerful.
• Grateful that the whole process has helped make connections with the horizontal, and the vertical upward and downward, increased my commitment to mend and sit with broken relationships, with myself. I am grateful for being seen, heard, and encouraged to keep on.
• Being heard changes the world, and this has been affirmed this weekend.
• I am carrying trust, trust the future for me will be just what is intended.
• I am in marvel of the working of the Holy Spirit.
• Embracing and accepting of more hope and courage.
• Grateful, fuller person. This retreat offered me a road map to keep on the path.
• I see how I tell myself a story about a story, a beautiful challenge. I dig ruts in my brain. I am stepping back and asking: how would I look at this differently?
• Paying attention to the story I am telling myself--what is my deeper belief and need?
• Light doesn’t shine in a closed box. So I need to open it to share it with others, to let it shine.
• Inspired by wisdom and caring words, it has been a true gift.