So, I’m thinking words are always interesting. You sort of get into that mode being around pastors whose stock for their trade of preaching is words.
I looked at the word retreat. I am at a Pastor’s Retreat. Most people think of a retreat as leaving the battlefield. Some have decided to call their “retreats” by another name – an “advance.”
Maybe we need to reclaim the word retreat.
To “re” something often just means to do it over again. When we remember we put back together the members (memories) of the past. When we restore we gather together the parts that would usually have been in our store but have been scattered.
So what would retreat mean. How about getting another opportunity to have a “treat”.
That is exactly what these last few days have been. We have had plenary (talking) times where prayer and sexuality have been discussed – such an interesting combination. I have sat at meal with old and new friends. Exercise and discipline has been enjoyable – and the food is fantastic.
And God is here in ways unexpected. I love it!!