[Uucf-bible] biblical study at recent retreat

[RevRonRobinson at aol.com]

Hi all. I am back from the spiritual retreat led by the Rev. Carl Scovel  and 
staying with the Benedictines at Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham, Mass. The  
theme was "Living in the Kingdom" and we focused on "kingdom" parables in small  
groups that looked at the questions of "what and what is not the kingdom?",  
"where and where not is the kingdom?" and "who is in and who is not in the  
kingdom?" I was in the latter question group. And in between we would share our  
discussion in the bigger group (23 people attended). We also had a chance  to 
explore how we would answer in parable form the question of "the kingdom of  
God is..." and then we discussed why we chose the metaphors we did, and then we 
 dwelt with it in our own lives in response to questions of "where is it now 
or  not now in our lives?" Good depth. Weaving in time alone in the wonderful  
setting, along with morning and evening prayer services, and communion, and a 
 folk sing-along from those musicians who came. 
 
Some of you have been on retreat led by the Rev. Scovel, minister emeritus  
of Kings Chapel in Boston (_www.kings-chapel.org_ (http://www.kings-chapel.org) 
) before and I will  just add my recommendation to get in early on the chance 
when it comes up again.  I believe the next one will be scheduled for the end 
of October next year. 
 
I will post more specifically in days to come about the liturgies and  
services and some of the texts we used. 
 
blessings,
 
Rev. Ron Robinson
Executive Director
UU Christian Fellowship
_www.uuchristian.org_ (http://www.uuchristian.org)