The committees of Ministry and Worship and Adult Spiritual Education invite you to….

….Save the date! Saturday, February 28th 2015……for a Winter Retreat day at The Clearing!

Lynn Domina, poet and teacher, will lead us in a day of finding spiritual and creative expression through writing, surrounded and inspired by the lovely quietude of the Clearing in winter. Regardless of previous writing experience or aspirations, this will be a day all can enjoy.

Divine Words: Writing Your Spirituality

Those flashes of transcendence—many of us have experienced one or two. Those dark nights of the soul—most of us have also survived those. Those ordinary moments that fill our days—we move through them, remembering and forgetting and remembering. We describe our experience to others and try to make sense of it for ourselves.

During this retreat we’ll explore how writing can help us discover, express, and deepen our spirituality. The day will be structured so that participants have ample time to write as well as to share. We’ll also look at excerpts from the work of writers often thought of as spiritual—and maybe some we’d never thought to call spiritual. The facilitator will provide many prompts and examples, and the day will be designed so that everyone can benefit.

Lynn is the author of several books, including two collections of poetry, “Corporal Works” and “Framed in Silence”, and the editor of a collection of essays, “Poets on the Psalms”. She teaches English at the State University of New York at Delhi, in the western Catskills, and she is also an M.Div. student at the Earlham School of Religion. She lives with her family in a 200-year old home with lots of plumbing problems.