num_pages: 160
description: Come away and rest awhile. Jesus invites us to be with him offering our full and undivided attention to him. When we choose retreat we make a generous investment in our friendship with Christ. We are not always generous with ourselves where God is concerned. Many of us have tried to incorporate regular times of solitude and silence into the rhythm of our ordinary lives which may mean that we give God twenty minutes here and half an hour there. And theres no question we are better for it! But we need more. Indeed we long for more. In these pages Transforming Center founder and seasoned spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton gently leads us into retreat as a key practice that opens us to God. Based on her own practice and her experience leading hundreds of retreats for others she will guide you in a very personal exploration of seven specific invitations contained within the general invitation to retreat. You will discover how to say yes to God's winsome invitation to greater freedom and surrender. There has never been a time when the invitation to retreat is so radical and so relevant so needed and so welcome. It is not a luxury but a necessity of the spiritual life.
language: English
title: Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away with God
publisher: InterVarsity Press