Re-Entry - Entrar de Nuevo + 8.24.19

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Re-entry
I close this sabbatical time with so much gratitude in my heart for this time spent in travel and reflection. This past week I was blessed with a six day retreat at Mount Calvary Monastery in Santa Barbara. It is a bittersweet time there because the Order of the Holy Cross has deemed that they cannot continue ministry in that spot past Mid 2021 (so we still have time to visit). However I took inspiration from the century plant that was blooming outside the dining room. You see, they bloom at the end of their life, and this plant was covered in bees. Bees that were pollinating all around the area, spreading life. In every ending there is a new beginning.
And in this small ending of my sabbatical time, I am seeing so much promise of new life. I spent part of the retreat time planning for the next three months of ministry using Margaret Marcuson's "Breathing Room" program (check her out at https://margaretmarcuson.com/) and dreaming up new and old ways to do ministry in collaboration with All Santos.
But the other aspect of preparation for re-entry is spiritual and physical. I am literally preparing my house as I can, and making time to cook and tidy a bit. I am taking opportunities to meditate and exercise and do yoga so that I can enter in centered.
I am getting excited to see people soon and share more about what this time has meant for me and what others' journeys have taught them this summer.

Entrar de nuevo
Termino este tiempo sabático con gratitud en mi corazón por este tiempo pasado en viajar y en reflexionar. Esta semana pasada fui bendecida pasar seis días en el centro de retiro del monasterio Mount Calvary en Santa Barbara. Es una estación linda pero difícil allí en el monasterio porque el orden del Holy Cross decidió no continuar el ministerio del centro de retiro después de la mitad del 2021 (así que todavía tenemos tiempo para visitar).
Pero yo tome inspiración del agave americana "Century Plant" que estaba con flores afuera del comedor. Estas plantas florecen al fin de su vida y fue muy lindo ver esta planta cubierto con abejas. Abejas que estaban polinizando alrededor de la area. Aun en el fin de la planta, trae vida. En fines hay comienzos.
Y en este pequeño fin de mi tiempo sabático, veo muchas promesas de nueva vida. Pase una parte de mi tiempo en retiro preparando para las próximas tres meses de ministerio ocupando el plan "Breathing Room" de Margaret Marcuson (vea sus materiales en https://margaretmarcuson.com/) y soñando con nuevas y antiguas maneras de hacer ministerio en colaboración con Todos los Santos.
Pero el otro aspecto de mi preparación es espiritual y física. Estoy preparando mi casa y cocinando mas. Estoy tomando tiempo para meditación, yoga y ejercicio para entrar de nuevo mas centrada.
Y estoy emocionada para ver la iglesia de nuevo y compartir mas sobre este tiempo sabático y de escuchar lo que este verano ha enseñado a todos en la iglesia.

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