Love all this!! I was just at a retreat for pastors in the hill country of Texas where I led some optional workshops to play with their hands in paint. The talks by Winn Collier and Kathleen Norris centered around our Belovedness amidst the Wilderness (Collier) and the importance of play & poetry (Norris). Beautiful reminders to get us out of survival mode. https://www.laitylodge.org/retreats/april-2-5-2025/
So first of all, I love that you were at Laity Lodge--I'm hoping to get there in the fall. And second of all, I love that you were playing with paint! The Trinity Forum conversation with Mako was a real encouragement to me that seeking out beauty (and laughter and play and all the corresponding things) is part of what we need to be doing now in order to be in a posture of resistance to the darkness.
Love all this!! I was just at a retreat for pastors in the hill country of Texas where I led some optional workshops to play with their hands in paint. The talks by Winn Collier and Kathleen Norris centered around our Belovedness amidst the Wilderness (Collier) and the importance of play & poetry (Norris). Beautiful reminders to get us out of survival mode. https://www.laitylodge.org/retreats/april-2-5-2025/
So first of all, I love that you were at Laity Lodge--I'm hoping to get there in the fall. And second of all, I love that you were playing with paint! The Trinity Forum conversation with Mako was a real encouragement to me that seeking out beauty (and laughter and play and all the corresponding things) is part of what we need to be doing now in order to be in a posture of resistance to the darkness.