Clergy Chaplain Retreat 2020
Come for a time of refreshment and learning
DATE: February 27-28, 2020
LOCATION: Hallowood Retreat Center, 7300 Banner Road, Dickerson, MD 20842
COST: $150.00 pp
Email: Trisha.macbf@gmail.com for Scholarship Information.
LOCATION: Hallowood Retreat Center, 7300 Banner Road, Dickerson, MD 20842
COST: $150.00 pp
Email: Trisha.macbf@gmail.com for Scholarship Information.
Retreat Overview
Divine Abundance: Leisure as a Way of Life
Leisure is typically associated with vacation, taking time off or entertainment. The philosopher Josef Pieper, however, states, “no one who looks to leisure simply to restore his working powers will ever discover the fruit of leisure…” Rather true leisure names our lives as being in communion with God and others. During this retreat, we will reflect on how authentic leisure reconfigures our often-fragmented lives, allowing us to participate more fully in Divine abundance.
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Newman
Elizabeth Newman is the author of Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers (2007); Attending the Wounds on Christ’s Body: Teresa’s Scriptural Vision (2012); and Divine Abundance: Leisure, the Basis of Academic Culture (2018). She currently teaches part-time at Duke Divinity School after serving as Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond from 2002-2019. She is a delegate of the Baptist World Alliance Conversations with the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity (2017-2022), and enjoys hiking, biking and walking her pug.
Divine Abundance: Leisure as a Way of Life
Leisure is typically associated with vacation, taking time off or entertainment. The philosopher Josef Pieper, however, states, “no one who looks to leisure simply to restore his working powers will ever discover the fruit of leisure…” Rather true leisure names our lives as being in communion with God and others. During this retreat, we will reflect on how authentic leisure reconfigures our often-fragmented lives, allowing us to participate more fully in Divine abundance.
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Newman
Elizabeth Newman is the author of Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers (2007); Attending the Wounds on Christ’s Body: Teresa’s Scriptural Vision (2012); and Divine Abundance: Leisure, the Basis of Academic Culture (2018). She currently teaches part-time at Duke Divinity School after serving as Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond from 2002-2019. She is a delegate of the Baptist World Alliance Conversations with the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity (2017-2022), and enjoys hiking, biking and walking her pug.
