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Pray during Advent.This Advent retreat in everyday life helps you pray with The Shepherd Within to enter deeply into Advent. It is designed for a small group of companions. If you would like to pray it on your own, simply pray with the reflection questions offered in each week's guide.
Coordinator guide
Weekly materials
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Host a discussion.Use this resource or create your own to host a discussion on the book. Explore its concepts and themes. Consider insights and favorite passages. Share reactions and reflections.
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Gather for faith sharing.A faith sharing group gathers as companions in the Spirit to witness to God’s action in one another’s lives. The goal of a faith sharing gathering is to create a welcoming space of accompaniment where people can openly share and sort through the content of their prayer and faith experiences. Use this resource or create your own to host a faith sharing gathering.
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Make a retreat in everyday life.A retreat in everyday life is the commitment to pray contemplatively over a set period of time without the customary withdrawal from life of a typical retreat. While participants must take seriously the commitment to create enough space for prayer and reflection during the weeks of retreat, it is not necessary to take time off work, travel to a different location, or suspend life commitments. A retreat in everyday life has one foot in the retreat mindset and one foot in worldly life and responsibilities.
The purpose of this retreat in everyday life is to carve out the opportunity to walk prayerfully with a small group of companions through the content and spiritual exercises of The Shepherd Within. It can be helpful to have companions in the spirit to accompany us in prayer, to help process our experiences of God, to witness God's action in our lives. This retreat in everyday life invites ongoing encounter with God in one’s prayer life, and to facilitate a communal encounter with the small group as each member shares the fruit of their prayer with others. The hope is that by the conclusion of the retreat, people have fruitful experiences of God and discern any new invitations that God may be extending. MATERIALS COMING SOON |