At Wild Sanctuary Retreats, we believe in a loving, personal and communal God; that every person is made in the image of God, deeply beloved; and that in Christ we are invited to live lives marked by peace, presence, restoration and love. 

We are grateful to reside in a country that shares these ideals.  A nation founded on the conviction that every person possesses inherent worth and is worthy of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. So, we pause on this Fourth of July weekend with gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy, while remembering that our deepest freedom is found in Christ. (Christ has set us free! This means we are really free. - Galations 5:1)

The freedom Christ offers is not simply freedom from oppression, but freedom for love. Freedom to forgive. Freedom to serve. Freedom to seek justice. Freedom to become peacemakers. Freedom to welcome the stranger and care for our neighbor. All as Jesus taught us.

We invite you to pause with us from the joyful noise of celebration of our Independence and remember that it is our ‘interdependence’ that strengthens our democracy. This guided meditation pulls from a Metta (lovingkindness) practice that focuses on compassion and universal goodwill, directing positive thoughts, prayers and blessings towards ourselves, then outward to our fellow citizens and neighbors – those we cherish & those we find difficult, and ultimately to all who inhabit this land. Jesus is the ultimate example of lovingkindness.  May we follow his example….

There is something special about noticing the turning of the seasons. It’s a reminder of the turning of the seasons in our own lives.

So often, we move from one season to the next without pausing long enough to acknowledge the shift…rushing from spring into summer, from fullness into the next thing waiting for our attention. That is why one of our values at Wild Sanctuary Retreats is Ceremony: We believe in the sacred power of marking time— of pausing to bless beginnings and endings, honor thresholds, and name what is holy.

There are stories many of us have quietly (or loudly) inherited about what is sacred.  For me, Kimee, growing up in a fundamental evangelical narrative, the sacred often seemed elusive.  Perhaps it was in carefully ordered spaces, like a Wednesday night prayer meeting, an orchestrated worship service, or my morning quiet time. If even those could be called sacred, tainted as they were by my human condition.

At Wild Sanctuary Retreats, we prefer to say Happy Mother’ing’ Day! On this day, we honor not only mothers, but the sacred act of mothering itself — the nurturing, comforting, guiding, protecting, encouraging, praying-for, tending-love that so many women embody in countless ways.

On this Mothering Day, we invite you to pause and rest in that Divine feminine love with us through a gentle guided meditation honoring the sacred gift of mothering in all its forms. and those special women who have mothered us so well.

To live in connection with the earth is to remember that we belong to creation, not above it. And to live rhythmically is to honor the natural cycles of rest and renewal, death and resurrection, that the earth and Jesus model so faithfully for us. Join us in celebration of this sacred relationship by engaging in a 4 Elements Guided Meditation.