Rolling Ridge Study Retreat
Community
Connected to a wide circle of those who share a deep longing for a more authentic, nature-connected and soul-infused life.
Nature
Located on a 1600-acre nature preserve owned by the Rolling Ridge Conservancy and protected by a conservation easement with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Soul
Exploring the connections of spirit, faith and the wild earth.
News and Happenings
The Gift of Story: A Retreat for Advent and the Winter Solstice
The Gift of Story: A Retreat for Advent and the Winter Solstice December 2-4, 2016 $280, Lower cost options & scholarships available A quiet weekend set aside for all those who hunger for a time of stillness and reflection apart from the busyness of the season: a...
Between Fecundity and Hibernation
Photo credit: Linda DeGraf October 2016 Dear Friends ~ As I write, the wind stirs leaves barely tinged with autumn color as a steady rain soaks into the earth so recently parched by summer’s sun. On the cusp of seasonal change, the land seems poised between fecundity...
How Silence Will Save the World
This was the opening reflection for the Friends of Silence Board Meeting November 20, 2016. Our country and our world is in a good bit of trouble right now. We live in what storyteller Michael Meade calls “black dog times”. The tale goes like this: The Old People of...
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Where everything seems withheld.
The path you took to get here has washed out.
The way forward is still concealed from you.
The old is not old enough to have died away
The new is still too young to be born.”
-John O’Donohue