As Life Changes Shape
Creating Space — Day of Reflection
A day set apart to notice how life changes shape—and to listen for what remains.
A Christian contemplative day shaped by witness, Scripture, prayer, silence, and shared reflection, As Life Changes Shape invites participants to receive the lives they have lived, face change and limitation with honesty, and notice what they are still being given to hold.
The Day of Reflection is intended for a small group gathered in a quiet, hospitable setting. Through three prepared contemplative experiences, participants are invited to consider what has changed, what may need to be released, and what remains to be received.
The day includes times of prayer, silence, personal reflection, and sharing. A local facilitator accompanies the gathering, while the prepared recordings carry the contemplative experiences themselves.
No previous experience with contemplative prayer is necessary.
Three Movements of Reflection
The day unfolds through three contemplative movements. Each offers time to listen, reflect, and notice how God may be present in the changing circumstances of life.
What Remains
Receiving the Life We've Lived
Letting Go and Staying
Facing Limits with Honesty
What We Are Given to Hold
Receiving What Life Still Offers
Gathering for a Day of Reflection
As Life Changes Shape can be offered by a parish, small group, or community without bringing in an outside retreat leader.
The prepared contemplative experiences carry the prayer, reflection, and silence. A local facilitator welcomes participants, prepares the gathering, and accompanies the day.
The materials provide what is needed to prepare and offer the experience.