The Restory Retreat Centre

  Conversations Far and Wide “.......let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger;” ‭‭ James ‭1‬:‭19‬ NRSV           The Conversation Elements From The Conversation What a synchronicity!  A few moments after we've done the recording of this week's conversation, friends who have recently been to the US, sent us this picture. Even though its specific theme is the Truth Bar in Minneapolis, it has wider applications. Unintentionally it captures a stance that is quite common: Only those who are members of our group have access to the truth. With such an assumption, conversations with someone with another point of view, is not only difficult, but almost impossible. Music As always, with love.  George & Matilda

  Om Wyd Te Gesels “....... dít moet julle in gedagte hou:  elke mens moet maar te gewillig wees om te luister,  nie te gou praat nie  en nie te gou kwaad word nie.” ‭‭ Jak‭1‬:‭19‬                                             Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek 'n Besondere sinchronisiteit! Oomblikke nadat ons hierdie week se gespreksopname gedoen het, stuur vriende, wat onlangs in Amerika was, hierdie foto vir ons. Hoewel dit spesifiek betrekking het op die Truth Bar in Minneapolis, kan dit ook wyer toegepas word. Die uitbeeld van 'n basiese houding van: Net diegene wat lede van ons groep is, het toegang tot die waarheid. Met so 'n ingesteldheid, is die kanse op 'n gesprek met iemand wat 'n ander siening het, of nie my standpunt steun nie, basies onmoontlik. Musiek Soos altyd, met liefde. George & Matilda

  Ons Begin Weer Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Soos verlede jaar, steeds vanjaar - met ons liefde. George & Matilda

Please, Can I Have A God God is greater than God.                                                                                                                              Meister Eckhart The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me to worship at the altar of mystery, to lay aside certainty, and curl up in the hollow of a great stone down by the river, to hear the force of it rushing past. P...

  Kan  Ek Asseblief 'n God Hê God is groter as God.                                                                                     Meister Eckhart Die Gesprek  Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me to worship at the altar of mystery, to lay aside certainty, and curl up in the hollow of a great stone down by the river, to hear the force of it rushing past. Please can I have a God with questions rather than answers, who is not Rock or Fortress or Father, but sashays, swerves, ripens, rages at the rape of the earth. Please can I have a God whose voice is t...