{"id":2147,"date":"2018-02-10T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T19:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2018-02-10T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T20:05:37","slug":"prayer-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2018\/02\/10\/prayer-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

solitude. nature. beauty. sadness. tears. release. intercession. Lord’s Prayer. God with us.<\/p>\n

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As I walk along the park, noticing the flowers, cacti, butterflies, lizards, ducks, birds, listening to the water, the rustling breeze, the ducks quacking and the birds singing, and carrying along with me this Oaxacan made black pottery cross…<\/p>\n

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I become aware of all that I have been trying to carry, all my sadness over my own sin, and the sin of the world, the painful stories of loved ones, the brokenness and patterns of abuse in relationships, the brokenness and abuse ignored and allowed within the church, and this song comes to mind…<\/p>\n