Making Room: Embracing a More Spacious Christianity
Christianity at its best invites us to open our hearts and our lives wide. To embrace rather than fear the paradoxes that come with being human in God’s beautiful but fractured world. During this retreat, we will consider some of these paradoxes, and reflect on how we might live into them with more courage, trust, and resilience. How do we make room for lament and hope at the same time? What does it mean to dwell with uncertainty, while still holding fast to God’s Good News? What helpful role might doubt play in a committed life of faith? Through teaching, journaling, meditation, and guided conversation, we will explore these questions together.
Bio
The Rev. Debie Thomas is the author of Into the Mess and Other Jesus Stories, and A Faith of Many Rooms: Inhabiting a More Spacious Christianity. She was ordained to the priesthood in June, and serves as curate at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. Debie and her husband have two grown children and live in Scotts Valley.
Registration
Our Women’s Retreat will be Saturday October 17, 8:30am-3:30pm, and is open to all who self-identify as female or non-binary. Please register on Realm. Guests are welcome! The cost is $40 and covers a light breakfast and lunch. If this is a hardship for you, please contact Rev. Nikky and the parish will cover your fee. If you are able to donate more, you are invited to do so here or at registration.