The Retreat House at Hillsboro

The Retreat House at Hillsboro The Retreat House holds compassionate and inclusive spaces for peace and drawing close to the Divine.

JOIN US for the Women’s Fall Weekend Retreat. - Harvesting PresenceOctober 9 - 11, 2026Join us for a weekend away alon...
09/05/2026

JOIN US for the
Women’s Fall Weekend Retreat. - Harvesting Presence
October 9 - 11, 2026

Join us for a weekend away along the Sassafras River. The beauty of the river, the trees and their changing colors, and the warmth of the firepit – each offer a timelessness to our busy lives. We will take time to be present to the beauty that surrounds us, to rest in both quiet and loving community. Our retreat will be held at the Foehliage Retreat Center in Galena, Maryland. Find more and register here: https://retreathousehillsboro.org

Pause.II was sad one day and went for a walk;I sat in a field.A rabbit noticed my condition and came near. It often does...
09/04/2026

Pause.

II was sad one day and went for a walk;
I sat in a field.
A rabbit noticed my condition and
came near.

It often does not take more than that to help at times –
to just be close to creatures who
are so full of knowing,
so full of love
that they don’t
– chat,

they just gaze with
their
marvelous understanding.

St. John of the Cross. “A Rabbit Noticed My Condition.” From Love Poems From God by Daniel Ladinsky.

~~~~

“Behold the One beholding you, and smiling.”

Anthony de Mello

Photo by Gary Bendig. Unsplash.com.

Explore with us - THE GOSPEL OF THOMASOn Zoom, Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m ESTSeptember 16 – December 9, 202...
09/04/2026

Explore with us - THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS

On Zoom, Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m EST
September 16 – December 9, 2026

Gather together as we explore and listen to the Gospel of Thomas.

Each week we will prayerfully listen from the heart to one of Jesus’ sayings from this ancient source and take time to reflect upon what rises for each of us.

Find more and register here: https://retreathousehillsboro.org

PLEASE JOIN US for SEEKING WISDOM – a mindful, intuitive, and creative approach to prayerOn ZoomMonday evenings, 6:00 – ...
09/02/2026

PLEASE JOIN US for SEEKING WISDOM – a mindful, intuitive, and creative approach to prayer

On Zoom
Monday evenings, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
9/21 – 10/26, 2026

We will explore together Julia Cameron’s 'Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection' and delve into the spiritual practices from her seminal book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity:

“Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.”

What if we had a simple process of prayerfully seeing with clarity that is authentic, mindful, intuitive, and heart-felt?

In our book for this series, the author offers a vision of prayer as a creative process, and from our heart, rather than a religious act. Along the way, this spiritual process sparks our creativity and deepens our spirituality.

As we journey through her 6-week program, we apply the tools for self-discovery and mental decluttering that she’s shared with over 5 million readers: morning pages, artists’ dates, contemplative walks, and listening for that still small voice of God.

Please note that this process is welcoming to all, regardless of your faith tradition or practice of prayer. Likewise, no “creativity” needed. Join us to deepen your connection with yourself and your Creator.

Find more and register here: https://retreathousehillsboro.org

Join us for CHERISHED BELONGING - the divine feminine in our world---an online book circle exploring the power of love i...
09/02/2026

Join us for CHERISHED BELONGING - the divine feminine in our world---an online book circle exploring the power of love in our divided world. We will begin on September 15.

As we explore Greg Boyle’s latest collection of stories about living and working with the community of Home Boy Industries in Los Angeles, we will listen contemplatively for the invitations that are for us as individuals navigating our world. We will consider notions such as radical inclusion, finding grace in human brokenness, and living on the margins of society. Each week we will explore the perspectives and ways of being that play a role in fostering true, inclusive community.

Our lens will be informed by readings from the mystics and the divine feminine scriptures as we notice these perspectives reflected in Greg Boyle’s ministry.

For more and to register, visit our website:
https://retreathousehillsboro.org

Pause.Quiet yourself.Reach out with your mind’s skillful hand.Let it go inside of meand touchGod. Don’tbe shy, dear. Eve...
08/28/2026

Pause.

Quiet yourself.
Reach out with your mind’s skillful hand.
Let it go inside of me
and touch
God.

Don’t
be shy, dear.

Every aspect of Light we are meant
to know.

The calm hand holds more
than baskets of goods
from the market.

The calm soul knows more
than anything this world
can offer from her
beautiful
womb.

St. John of the Cross. “Peace.” From Love Poems From God by Daniel Ladinsky.

~~~~

I go among trees and sit still.
All my stirring becomes quiet
around me like circles on water.
My tasks lie in their places
where I left them, asleep like cattle.
. .I hear my song at last,
and I sing it. As we sing,
the day turns, the trees move.

Wendell Berry. From “Sabbaths 1979 I.”

Photo by Ian Keefe. Unsplash.com.

Pause.From blossoms comesthis brown paper bag of peacheswe bought from the boyat the bend in the road where we turned to...
08/21/2026

Pause.

From blossoms comes
this brown paper bag of peaches
we bought from the boy
at the bend in the road where we turned toward
signs painted Peaches.

From laden boughs, from hands,
from sweet fellowship in the bins,
comes nectar at the roadside, succulent
peaches we devour, dusty skin and all,
comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.

O, to take what we love inside,
to carry within us an orchard, to eat
not only the skin, but the shade,
not only the sugar, but the days, to hold
the fruit in our hands, adore it, then bite into
the round jubilance of peach.

There are days we live
as if death were nowhere
in the background; from joy
to joy to joy, from wing to wing,
from blossom to blossom to
impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.

Li-Young Lee. “From Blossoms.”

~~~~

Don’t wait any longer.
Dive in the ocean,
leave and let the sea be you.

Rumi

Photo by Luann Hunt. Unsplash.com.

THE GOSPEL OF THOMASOn Zoom, Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m ESTSeptember 16 – December 9, 2026Gather together as ...
08/18/2026

THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS

On Zoom, Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m EST
September 16 – December 9, 2026

Gather together as we explore and listen to the Gospel of Thomas.

Each week we will prayerfully listen from the heart to one of Jesus’ sayings from this ancient source and take time to reflect upon what rises for each of us.

Find more and register here: https://retreathousehillsboro.org

SEEKING WISDOM – a mindful, intuitive, and creative approach to prayerOn ZoomMonday evenings, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET9/21 – ...
08/18/2026

SEEKING WISDOM – a mindful, intuitive, and creative approach to prayer

On Zoom
Monday evenings, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET
9/21 – 10/26, 2026

We will explore together Julia Cameron’s 'Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection' and delve into the spiritual practices from her seminal book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity:

“Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.”

What if we had a simple process of prayerfully seeing with clarity that is authentic, mindful, intuitive, and heart-felt?

In our book for this series, the author offers a vision of prayer as a creative process, and from our heart, rather than a religious act. Along the way, this spiritual process sparks our creativity and deepens our spirituality.

As we journey through her 6-week program, we apply the tools for self-discovery and mental decluttering that she’s shared with over 5 million readers: morning pages, artists’ dates, contemplative walks, and listening for that still small voice of God.

Please note that this process is welcoming to all, regardless of your faith tradition or practice of prayer. Likewise, no “creativity” needed. Join us to deepen your connection with yourself and your Creator.

Find more and register here: https://retreathousehillsboro.org

Harvesting PresenceWomen’s Fall Weekend RetreatOctober 9 - 11, 2026Join us for a weekend away along the Sassafras River....
08/16/2026

Harvesting Presence
Women’s Fall Weekend Retreat
October 9 - 11, 2026

Join us for a weekend away along the Sassafras River. The beauty of the river, the trees and their changing colors, and the warmth of the firepit – each offer a timelessness to our busy lives. We will take time to be present to the beauty that surrounds us, to rest in both quiet and loving community. Our retreat will be held at the Foehliage Retreat Center in Galena, Maryland. Find more and register here: https://retreathousehillsboro.org

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Chestertown, MD
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