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
From “Fight or Flight” to Courage and Compassion
Portrait of Archbishop Dom Helder Camara of Brazilian Liberation Theology who said, "It is useless to dream of reforming society without a corresponding deep change in our inner lives." Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over,...
Imagination
A March day in 2013: A freak storm had dumped a foot of snow on our mountain. Two days later, the strong spring sun transformed the snow into sparkling creeks and glistening pools. As I walked down into the creek valley behind our house, I heard an eerie racket,...
The Interim
After days under a sultry blanket, the woods and the air all around this morning swirled with wafts of coolness, and Billy and I decided that the day called for a walk. As we walked up the path called Peachey Trace, trailed by our cat Olive, patches of light and...
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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