I’m headed out the door now for our quarterly staff prayer retreat. My colleagues from around the country in our regional offices (CA, WA, MN, TX, TN, OR) have flown-in to join the DC HQ staff for a day of reflecting on the spiritual grace of “rest” and to have times of individual and community prayer. These days of retreat are such a pure gift. I’d so appreciate your prayers for us, that we may come unhindered and undistracted to meet with our loving and holy God today.

And - a HUGE thank-you to all of you who left comments and wrote me emails in response to this post from earlier in the week - so very helpful! I look forward to picking up on this conversation Monday as your insights and a couple books I’ve been reading lately have been illuminating.