We remember that it is in the silence that we encounter God. Prayer is one way to experience a divine encounter with God. We will send a notification when it is ready for viewing.In his book, Meditations of the Heart, Howard Thurman, the modern-day spiritualist, and mystic, says “Every moment is a divine encounter, every facet is an exposure to the boundless energies by which life is sustained and our spirits are made whole.” When we consider how we want to create, deepen, and grow our relationship with God remembering that every encounter is a divine encounter, we are reassured of God’s love for us. The retreat will be recorded for those who register and made available within 48-72 hours of the program. This retreat is open to all spiritual seekers who wish to take a dip into the living wisdom of Howard Thurman as he introduces us to and challenges our common notions about mysticism and love.

Bring your favorite music (any genre) for some holy dance, a journal for sketching, reflective writing and responsive readings, space for guided meditation, and a desire to connect with others through large and small group sharing.

The love we experience during a mystical moment or what mystic and theologian, Howard Thurman (1899-1981) calls a creative encounter leads to an expansive sense of love, of being cared for by God and caring for others at the deepest levels. It is the discovery of a new center around which increasingly all of the details of life are more and more organized.” – Howard Thurmanĭo you long to transcend the din of daily life, to move beyond the relentless accounts of violence or personal, social, and physical disasters? Do you wonder how to live in the world and not be overcome by it?Īs spring settles in, allow the power of new spiritual growth to catapult you into a transformative Love. “ Love does that for us, for it inspires in an individual what was sleeping, a relaxed sense of worth and value and meaning, and when this slumbering thing awakens, the kind of radiance that circulates through all the corridors of one’s life makes the individual see in what had never seen before. This retreat is part of our 10-month series The Mystical Heart: Love as a Creative Force.

The Centering Moment by Howard Thurman