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The Retreat
The Retreat: A Tale of Spiritual Awakening | Jacci Turner
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A week at a retreat becomes a transformational journey of faith renewal for a young Christian suffering a crisis of the soul in this poignant, illuminating, and spiritually wise teaching novel for fans of Jen Hatmaker, Shauna Niequist, and Brene Brown. For her entire life, Amy considered her evangelical Christian upbringing the foundation of her life and beliefs. But when she stands up for her gay best friend, Amy is ostracized and banished from the church she lovesresulting in a crisis of the spirit that causes her to doubt her conservative upbringing as she enters her thirties. Seeing Amy's pain, a caring friend raises the money to send her on a week-long retreat for contemplative activism, hoping that a few days of quiet reflection will help her rekindle her faith. At the retreat, Amy meets two women her age-teachers who introduce her to new types of prayeras well as Celeste, a seasoned church mentor who takes Amy under her wing and gently shows her new ways to practice her religious beliefs. In the course of just a few days, Amy finds an inspiring and more meaningful view of God.
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CareBear
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Feeling this a lot lately.

SamanthaMarie This is good. 4y
kspenmoll 😃 4y
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amywithbooks
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So this sounds amazing! After a week at the beach with my kids I could use one of these 🤣

https://www.cbc.ca/books/reading-retreats-offer-a-chance-for-book-lovers-to-unpl...

BridgetteM 😮 That sounds amazing! I think I need one. 5y
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mklong
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I was so very jealous seeing all the posts from the #readingretreat at Gladstone‘s last week, that I decided to book my very own reading retreat in the Serenbe community just south of Atlanta. I even get to bring my dog! Bliss.

Mitch That looks loooovely ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
mklong @Mitch Thank you so much for the inspiration to do it! 5y
TheSpineView How wonderful! 5y
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Mitch @mklong shutting the world out, taking the pace down a notch and doing what you love - have fun xx 5y
squirrelbrain How lovely! Enjoy...❤️📚 5y
Leftcoastzen Wow that sounds great. 5y
Redwritinghood Sounds wonderful! I hope you have a lovely time. 5y
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