The retreat was an excellent time away.

It was brilliant to spend some time away with each other and to give ourselves space to hear from God.

A couple of things in particular were a challenge to me.

At the start of our time we looked at our ‘shadow ministries’, those things we find ourselves involved in when we lose focus on our calling. These tend to be things that pull us away from our ministries. While I did not hold entirely with the concept, I could see what stuff I am distracted by and it was helpful to think in these terms.

A Wendell Berry quote really challenged me as this is quite pertinent to me at the moment:
‘it may be when we no longer know what to do that we have found our real work, and when we no longer know where to go that we have found our true journey’
When we think we know what is going on, maybe it is the that we are truly the most lost.

The retreat was great …. the picture shows, however, how my retreat ended. The car broke and had a lift on the back of 2 lorries to get me home and is now waiting at a garage to find out what is wrong with it – I pray it will not be costly!