March and April Retreat Offerings at Penuel Ridge

This morning, as I walked along the gravel path to the lower meadow, a small clump of daffodils waved to me on their lanky stems, their faces beaming hues of buttery yellow into the air. I treasure this land and its sacred cycles of life.

As daffodils herald the promise of spring, so the March and April retreat offerings at Penuel Ridge herald the return of friends, flora and fauna whose presence we have missed.

Exploration of the sacred and the uncertain through the words of modern lyrical voices
Adopted Nashville son, Ray Waddle leads an evocative retreat on Saturday, March 15, 2008 as we explore the sacred and the uncertain through the words of modern lyrical voices such as Rilke, Wallace Stevens, Grace Schulman, Robert Bly and R. S. Thomas. Circling the Ancient Tower: Images of God in Modern Poetry is an opportunity to delve into the stanzas of poetry that reveal how divine images are shaped - by landscape and history as well as by private alterness and attentiveness. The cost is $50 and includes a nutritious lunch. To learn more about this retreat and book your reservation, click here.


Penuel Ridge Wildflower Walk, Saturday, March 29, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Cost $30.00 (includes lunch)
This retreat will celebrate the emergence of spring and the continuing partnership between Penuel Ridge Retreat Center and the Cheatham County Master Gardeners. The day will include a guided tour of our trails and woods, observing and identifying a vast array of both common and rare wildflowers native to Middle Tennessee. Be sure to bring your camera or sketch pad to capture the beauty Nature has to offer at Penuel Ridge. Leaders: Janet Ivey, Co-host of NPT’s Tennessee’s Wild Side will co-lead this retreat with Susanne Shults, a Wildlife Steward, frequent wildflower walk guide at Penuel Ridge and past Advisory Board member. They will be joined by members of the Cheatham County Master Gardeners Association.

Call or email to book your reservation today by phoning 615-792-3734 or emailing retreats@penuelridge.org

Cultivating the Pearl: Living in the Glow of Life
Saturday, April 5, 2008, 9 am – 5 pm, Cost: $50 (lunch included) $75 to include overnight stay on FridayIn The Heidi Chronicles, the accomplished title character asks a roomful of her peers, “Women, what have we done”? Whether we are 40, 60 or 80, we often feel it is not enough. The good news is that we are living longer because of such gifts as advanced technological innovations, medical technologies, and the wisdom gift of spiritual traditions. With these gifts, we can reinvent our future as we visualize it should be. Dr. Jimmy Laura Smull invites you to explore the steps necessary to create a different vision, to attain your own dreams, and to live your legacy. Using her book, The Silver Pearl: Our Generation’s Search for Meaning – called a “step-by-step guide to reinventing your future” – we will search, discover, share, and connect.Consider an overnight stay on Friday. Then, awake to one of the most inspiring days of your life.

Leader: Dr. Jimmy Laura Smull is a cultural anthropologist with a Ph.D. in Human Science, and she is an authority on the subject of adult development. Her first book, Healing Eve, has helped women identify and break free from destructive childhood ideologies. Dr. Smull, with her co-author, Carol Orsborn, has been called a “scholar-mystic who challenges women to follow their pathway to authenticity” (Jane Haas, reporter for The Orange County Register).

Call or email to book your reservation today!
615-792-3734
retreats@penuelridge.org


We welcome your return to Penuel Ridge for you too are a treasure.

Laura Valentine
Resident Staff