104 Greening

Episodes 101-104 On the spring equinox we talk about the transition from Winter to Spring.

Gathering Word - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

"We must emerge slowly from our wintering. We must test the air and be ready to shrink back into safety when blasted by unseasonal winds; we must gradually unfurl our new leaves. 

There will still be the debris of a long, disordered season. These are the moments when we have to find the most grace: when we come to atone for the worst ravages of our conduct in darker times, when we have to tell truths that we'd rather ignore. 

Sometimes we will have to name our personal winters, and the words will feel barbed in our throats: grief, rejection, depression, illness. Shame, failure, despair. It often seems easier to stay in winter, burrowed down into our hibernation nests, away from the glare of the sun. 

But we are brave, and the new world awaits us, gleaming and green, alive with the beat of wings. And besides, we have a kind of gospel to tell now, and a duty to share it. We, who have wintered, have learned some things. We sing it out like birds. We let our voices fill the air."  p141, Wintering by Katherine May

 

Greening Retreat led by Andi Chatburn and Irene Dunlop:

https://www.andichatburn.net/retreatmt/p/june2023 

 

Andi Chatburn: https://www.andichatburn.net/

Audre Rickard: https://www.saturatedgrace.com

Heather Fignar: http://www.heatherfignar.com

Irene Dunlop: https://www.tendsoulcare.com