Sabbath for the Shepherd

Hopefully, by now, you have heard about the 2014 Clergy Spiritual Life Retreat for the Nashville Area, March 24-26, at Montgomery Bell State Park. We will be blessed to have Dr. Dwight Judy as our presenter who will invite us into a deeper place of Sabbath. His book, “A Quiet Pentecost: Invited the Spirit into Congregational Life”, will be the basis of his presentations.

Dr. Judy suggests that over the last 30 years a quiet revolution has taken place in Christian life.  Many “small Pentecosts” are taking place across the church as people of all ages discover the power of spiritual formation practices such as daily prayer, meditative reading of scripture, walking a labyrinth, spiritual direction and more.

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