August 20-23 is a big event in our lives. Jeanene and I will be joining Milton and Ginger Brasher-Cunningham in leading a retreat at one of my favorite places in the world - Laity Lodge near Kerville Texas, in the Texas hill country.

A picture I took at the Blue Hole. Laity Lodge 2005
I've been to Laity Lodge a number of times. I wrote about it here and here and here. I can't tell you how honored I am to be leading a retreat with my wife and friends. Laity Lodge is such a gentle, open, ecumenical place. Every time I go it seems to be life changing.

Our retreat is focusing on people seeing their daily work as a sacred calling. Christians have a problem. We've divided the world into categories of sacred and secular. That's wrong to start with, and it leads to a number of problems. We'll be embracing the idea of honoring your craft and trade, seeing excellence in everything you do, and finding spiritual fulfillment in that simplicity.

You can certainly join us if you like. The retreat is sponsored by Texas Baptists. Details are here, including a link to a registration form and an informational flyer.

Royce Rose is the one who is organizing the retreat. He is a dear friend of ours from back when Jeanene and I were in seminary in the 80s. Honestly, about half of what makes this retreat exciting to me is getting to spend time with Royce. Here's a blog entry by Royce about the retreat.

Milton is a chef. We're working now to see if he can do a live cooking show while we're there. I'll be taking photos and blogging about the whole thing. Possibly live blogging if I can get internet access worked out.

Love to have you join us.

rlp