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SPIRITUAL CENTERS
SILENCE IN THREE RIVERS:
SPIRITUAL CENTERS TEACH SEEKERS "THE DIVINE LANGUAGE"
By Charles Honey
Copyright 2008 The Grand Rapids Press
All rights reserved; used with permission
THREE RIVERS – The silence is deep, punctuated only by the chirping of a bird outside and the creaking of chairs in this sun-drenched chapel.
"Let's begin singing," David Wenger says, and begins humming a familiar tune in a splendid voice.
"For the beauty of the Earth, for the glory of the skies," sing a dozen people arrayed in a circle. "Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise."
Thus begins another day at The Hermitage, a spiritual retreat center 80 miles south of Grand Rapids. Here, among the rolling cornfields north of Three Rivers, pilgrims find a quiet place to connect with God and rediscover themselves... Click Here to read the full article
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Land of Abundance
Our friend James was talking recently in London, England, with a noted Catholic theologian and priest. After explaining that he moved to London from Grand Rapids, Michigan within the past year, James was surprised at the priest’s response: “Is that anywhere near Kalamazoo? Or Three Rivers?”
Grand Rapids, if it’s on a person’s map at all, is usually identified as being the home of mega-church Mars Hill or the mecca of Christian publishing—not usually with Kalamazoo and exceptionally rarely with the small town of Three Rivers, which lies 80 miles south of Grand Rapids, a straight shot on US 131. But for a small community of pilgrims around the world, Three Rivers is a significant destination....
For the full article, click on the following link: http://www.catapultmagazine.com/engaging-monasticism/editorial/land-of-abundance