NINE DAYS WITH DOROTHEE SOELLE

The full list of our Winter, Lent, and Spring 2023 online offerings is here.

Do you need spiritual support and enrichment
during the fourth and fifth week of Lent?
It's not too late!

Join us for a time of reflection, practice, and prayer.

Thursday, March 23 to Friday, March 31, 2023 

 
Nine Days with Dorothee Soelle
 

an online retreat

Dorothee Soelle (also spelled Sölle) (1928-2003) was a German theologian, poet, peace activist, Protestant and ecumenical Christian, spouse and mother, teacher, socialist, and from mid-life on, feminist. She is the author of The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance; Against the Wind: Memoir of a Radical Christian; Revolutionary Patience; Theology for Skeptics; and other books.

Soelle wrote in an accessible manner (mostly in prose, sometimes in poems) and not in the form of long academic treatises. Her chosen topics, though, were often challenging: silence and language in the struggle to name God; suffering and the vulnerability of God; Jesus the risk-taker and the community of the friends of Jesus; history, evil, and Christian political engagement; Christians and the Shoah (Holocaust); the church as community of memory, resistance, and hope.

This retreat will be especially helpful if you

--are struggling with the challenge of staying hopeful in hard times

--want to explore connections between Christian spirituality and social justice

--are busy and yearn for some quiet and inspiration

--are honest about your struggles in faith

--want to rekindle your relationship with God

--got a late start on Lent

--are serious about Christian discipleship

--are not really sure about your relationship with the church

--are thinking of taking the online class (course/retreat) on Dorothee Soelle in the spring and want a taste of Soelle's writings before you make that commitment

What, when, where, how

* An online nine-day spiritual retreat, beginning Thursday, March 23, 2023.

* The life and writings of Dorothee Soelle serve as a focus and inspiration.

* Simple and accessible resources and practices:

one quotation or short excerpt from DS's writings per day
one spiritual exercise per day
one prayer per day
                                    on nine consecutive days

* At home, on a break at work, in a coffee shop, on vacation, in your daily life: read, reflect, meditate, and pray with the retreat materials in a way that suits your schedule.

* Spiritual refreshment, nurture, and challenge.

* You'll need 20 minutes a day of focused time (any time, night or day) and a computer or tablet with internet access. (Smart phone works too but the larger the screen, the better.)

* Easy registration and payment via PayPal secure link, which takes credit and debit cards in addition to PayPal.

--You don't have to have your own PayPal account to use this online payment method.

--If you prefer making a donation via Venmo, please write me.

--A discount rate is available for those in financial hardship.

--Likewise, the benefactor rate, for those who have the means, helps offset costs and makes scholarship aid possible.

-If the discount fee is too high for you, please write me and ask about the possibility of a scholarship.

--Payment is non-refundable and due upon registration.

Register here

Retreat fee (choose one)

Regular rate $80.00 USD Benefactor rate $150.00 USD Discount rate $60.00 USD

 

 An online retreat? How does that work?

* The retreat offers daily resources (the quotations, spiritual exercises, and prayers mentioned above, with some images as well to nourish you visually, and sometimes a piece of music too) online on a blog. This is the primary resource for the retreat. All retreat materials  will be posted on this blog as the retreat proceeds. 

* The initial, one-time-only sign-on to the retreat blog is easy. Once you have signed up a first time, the retreat blog will recognize you and you can check in any time. Only retreatants with have access to the blog, which is private and not searchable on the internet. 

* Once you register for the retreat, I will send instructions for the one-time sign-on mechanism. After you first sign on to the retreat blog, the blog will always recognize you.

Privacy and community

During the retreat, you can remain anonymous, invisible, and silent and just read the blog and use the quotations, spiritual exercises, images, music, and prayers on your own, without writing any comments about them or sharing your experiences or reactions.

OR

If you are more extroverted and communal or in need of companions on your retreat, you can share your thoughts, experiences, and questions via the comments function on the blog and engage in (written) conversation with other retreatants and with me (the retreat facilitator). 

Please do not hesitate to write me with questions or concerns.

Reminder:

 

The full list of our February to May online offerings, including longer Lenten retreats and a seven-week course/retreat on Dorothee Soelle, is here.

Jane Redmont (c) May 2016