Gratefulness Events

Living the Hours
An Online Retreat

Available on demand, Living the Hours is a retreat based on the monastic tradition of marking nuances of dawn, day, dusk, and dark with prayer. Retreat sessions, delivered right to your email inbox, explore how this ancient Christian practice can be made universal and can enhance our lives in today's fast-paced world. You choose the start date and the frequency with which you would like to receive the sessions, based on what was originally a six-week format.  Chaplains can receive six continuing education hours for this course.  For more details and to sign up, see this page.

The Art of Gratefulness
A meditative arts retreat

What does it mean to be grateful through the ups and downs of life?  How can we appreciate the gift of each day without minimizing the challenges that face us personally and as a global community?  Through the mediums of music, movement, poetry, conversation, and collage we will explore how we even come to ask such questions and ponder how gratefulness applies to our losses, to our everyday lives, and to our relationships. 

Our webteam has offered this retreat in several locations along the east coast of the United States.  If you would like to help us arrange a retreat in your area, we would love to hear from you and hope you will contact us.  You can also ask about retreats on "Grief and Gratefulness" and on "Restoring Gratitude in a Fast-Paced World."

Poetry of Gratefulness
DVDs and CDs
from the Benefit Reading
at the Herbst Theatre
San Francisco, CA 
February 3, 2008

Now you can relive the Poetry of Gratefulness 2008 or experience it for the first time, through a DVD or CD created by Conference Recording Services, or you can view free video clips.