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Beloved friends,
Welcome to the first day of our Lengthening Silence Lenten Retreat. I am delighted to be sharing this sacred journey together with you!
We will gather for our Welcome Session today (February 18) from 12:15-1:00 Eastern Time (please adjust for your own time zone). If you are unable to join live, everyone will receive a link to the recording in tomorrow morning's email.
CLICK HERE to join LIVE.
If you have any difficulties connecting, please text or call my tech guru, Jordan Garner, at 440-665-5272.
We will share our first minute of sacred silence together, explore a few reflections on the gift of silence, and go over some guidelines on how to help make this Lenten retreat unfold smoothly and meaningfully for you. Here's a lovely poem I found recently that might be a meaningful anchor for your time of silence...
Slow me down, Lord!
Ease the pounding of my heart
by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my harried pace
with a vision of the eternal reach of time.
Slow me down, Lord,
and inspire me to send my roots deep
into the soil of life's enduring values
that I may grow toward the stars
of our greater destiny.
~ Orin L. Crain
I have included below the Ten Tips for Lengthening Silence and the 2026 Lenten Calendar just in case you might find the reminders helpful.
Also, remember that you can find a record of all of these daily emails on the 2026 Lengthening Silence Web Page. CLICK HERE to get to the web page. Note that the links for each date on the web page will not be active until the email for that day has already been sent.
I pray that these next 40 days will be a celebration of simplicity, stillness and ever-deepening quiet.
Please let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions as we share this Lenten journey together.
Your Companion in Silence,
Sharon
Sharon Seyfarth Garner
Director, Belly of the Whale Ministries
216-224-7452
sharon@bellyofthewhaleministries.net
www.bellyofthewhaleministries.net
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