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Led by Christopher Chapman

A retreat to explore ways of opening ourselves to the work of God’s Spirit within

In the Bible, spiritual growth is likened to the natural development processes of plants, and the part played by gardeners, whether human or divine. Growing in God’s Life will explore four recurring movements of this growth:

·       Becoming rooted and grounded in God

·       Emerging into being in response to God’s invitation

·       Struggling towards abundance through resistance

·       Bearing fruit and being willing to fall

These four are movements, not stages. They are seasons that meet us afresh within a lifetime of growing, stirring us once more into abundant life.  Jesus, the teller of parables, invites us to hold the mystery of creation in mind and heart, like seed in the hand of a sower. ‘Look’, he says, ‘see what happens if you are grounded in God’s good soil. Behold the wonder of who you are and what you might become.’

Arrive in time for supper at 7pm on Friday and depart by 4pm on Sunday.

Cost: £180

Christopher is an experienced retreat leader and spiritual director. He is the author of Seeing in the Dark, Earthed in God and Send My Roots Rain. He is a regular guest director at St. Beuno’s Jesuit Spirituality Centre and teaches spirituality at St. Augustine’s College of Theology