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Monthly Retreat Guide
A simple monthly rhythm to pause and listen.
Life moves quickly. Months pass before we have had time to notice what God might be shaping within us. This guide is an invitation to step back at the start of each month and make room for reflection, prayer, and listening.
An hour, or an afternoon, once a month
How it arrives
The guide is free, and it keeps coming. There is nothing to remember and nothing to renew.
This month, right away
As soon as you sign up we send the current month's guide, so you can begin whenever you have the time.
Arrives in your inbox
Next month, before it starts
On the 25th the following month's guide arrives, so it is already waiting when the new month begins.
The 25th, every month
What is inside each one
An opening into stillness
A short invitation to arrive and let the noise settle before anything is asked of you.
A look back
Guided reflection on the month behind you, and what it may have been doing in you.
A theme for the month ahead
One focus to carry forward, rather than a list to complete.
A Scripture practice
Lectio Divina: a slow, repeated reading that lets a passage read you back.
Room to listen
Space to write down what you notice God inviting you toward.
A gentle close
A simple way to re-enter your life with more clarity than you came in with.
Start this month
Tell us where to send it and the current month's guide is on its way. The next one follows on the 25th.
You are on the list
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Somewhere to put it
A monthly retreat asks you to notice things. The Soul Care Journal gives those noticings somewhere to live between one month and the next.
What people are saying
Thank you for providing this- it's a blessing for the Kingdom!
I used this resource last month after receiving a forwarded copy. I had made a goal to have a spiritual retreat each month and this resource was a real blessing in guiding me as I thought about what God has been doing in my life and ministry.
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