Retreat

Years back I asked a good friend if she would consider attending church. Her reply then was "Yea, I suppose it is good. Going to church will complete me."
An agreement by a friend to come church is a great news to any new Christian.

Years later, when I recalled this conversation, I heard something else.
In our contemporary living, nearly every minute is about climbing our career ladder, building our finance nest, pathing our children academic track. Then we will throw in one or two expensive, exhausting vacation each year to "reward" ourselves. And that is considered the "good life".

In recent years, I begin to make more "offsite" retreats and also highly recommended to my friends. Especially if you are or want to be a "matured" Christian. After all the prayers, fasting, Sunday services, serving in ministries, leading disciples. Of course we must go on Silent Retreat, a "higher" level of spiritual practice to "religiousize" ourselves. And that is considered the "matured spirituality".

I am not saying a vacation or a retreat is wrong, but we need to be careful they do not become a form of diversion therapy in our busy life(s).

The ultimate reward we can have is our day-to-day life, the supreme crucible of our existence, well lived.
SACREDNESS needs not be found offsite, it is in Practising the Mundane onsite well.