Looking at our world, the prophet Isaiah saw thick darkness covering the earth (Isaiah 60:2). Life in Biblical times was often precarious, vulnerable and fraught with anxiety, lived under the yoke of foreign empires. Yet the people of God managed to remain expectant that He would come and break into our world with his light and salvation bringing renewed hope. And He indeed did come!
During this Advent, a word which means ‘coming,’ God still desires to come to us in the ordinary, in the struggles, in the unexpected and in the darkness of our present world. We will be joining Biblical characters, as well some of the greatest Christian thinkers and writers who have deeply reflected on Advent, as we together anew … ‘Watch for the Light!’
£520 full board en-suite room or £460 full board non en-suite room. To book call 01424 830204 or https://www.crowhursthealing.org.uk/retreat.php?retreat=682.