Ancient Streams

“The soul is the God-given ‘sense’ through which we recognize God’s actions and presence in our lives. But the soul is something we easily lose sight of.” ~Rob Des Cotes Soul Care Ancient Streams is offering a weekend of reflection and prayer on the life and care of your soul. Ruth Des Cotes and Paul Woodyard… Read more

In all the busyness of the Christmas season and the chaos in our world, are you longing for a day to come away and spend time with God? Would you like some time and space to ground yourself in Advent themes?  Ancient Streams is offering a day to reflect on scripture, pray, and open ourselves to… Read more

“How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given…”  How unobtrusively Christ came into this world! The King of kings was born to a poor Jewish teenager in a cave with animals. There was no fanfare or royal announcement. “How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given”- unless you were an underprivileged shepherd sleeping… Read more

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. The whole earth is full of his glory…” Isaiah 6:3 With the fall season upon us, and our schedules filling up, would you appreciate time to slow down and pay attention to creation and God’s presence all around and within us?  Ancient Streams is hosting a retreat outdoors,… Read more

Spring Retreat Are you longing for some quiet space in your life to reflect, pray and be with God, on your own and in the context of community? Consider joining Ancient Streams at Seton House for our weekend retreat on April 8-10, 2022, entitled ‘Journeys in Prayer.’   “Draw near to God and he will draw… Read more

Extravagant Love NOVEMBER  27, 2021 9:00am  – 4:00pm In-person and on Zoom “What marvelous love the Father has lavished on us…”   1 John 3:1a What is your pre–Christmas season usually like? Do you find yourself overextended and somewhat exhausted by the time Christmas arrives? How might the weeks before Christmas be more than shopping and rushing… Read more

Ancient Streams Fall 2021 What a summer we’ve had–heat waves, fires, day after day of smoky skies, Covid numbers rising again, the tumultuous events around the world…I, certainly, have felt the need to continually find my grounding in God as the Source of life, love and peace in the midst of it all. I’ve also realized once… Read more

A woman and a man speak in the garden.  The woman in her tear-blurred vision presumes the man a gardener. Recognition thunders through her when he calls her name.  Here he is, he who Thursday prayed in anguish prostrate beneath the olive trees, he who Friday stumbled, struggled  in staggering steps up to Skull Hill… Read more

“The Psalms have a surprising and marvelous depth for those who know how to enter them. They are bread, miraculously provided byChrist, to feed those who have followed Him into the wilderness.” – Thomas Merton Reading the Psalms Everything in our lives can be an occasion for prayer. In the Psalms, we find prayers offered from every… Read more

All four weeks of On Retreat: A Prayer Podcast are posted! Merry Christmas from Ancient Streams!  Thank you for all the ways you have engaged with our ministry through prayer, giving, and  participation.  In this final week of Advent,  join us for a guided time of prayer and contemplation on the story of the birth… Read more