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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 birthContinue reading “On Retreat: A Prayer Podcast”

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” 2 Cor. 8:9 The nativity story is full of “great reversals” where everything seems to be upside down—God takes on human flesh, a poor JewishContinue reading “Advent Retreat 2025”

Fall Outdoor Retreat“Let the earth bless the Lord … O Ye mountains and hills bless ye the Lord…O ye green things upon the earth bless ye the Lord…Praise Him and magnify Him forever.”(From Canticle Benedicite) For over 13 years, the Ancient Streams community has gathered for an outdoor day retreat at Bertam Park. Each year is different–whether blue skiesContinue reading “2025 Outdoor Day Retreat”

   by  St John of the Cross From The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez. ICS Publications, 2017. 58-60. For I know well the spring that flows and runs,      although it is night. 1. That eternal spring is hidden,      for I knowContinue reading ““Song of the soul that rejoices in knowing God through faith””

As you engage with the journey of this Holy Week, here is a poem one of our members wrote based on her experience at the Silent Retreat at Seton House of Prayer. May it bless your own meditations and reflections. Paschal Mystery in Remix I walked the path slowly, through a red-bricked prayer labyrinth encircledContinue reading “A Poem for Holy Week”

  “in the way of righteousness there is life”(Prov. 12:27) Rightly Related to All Things Life has never been more complicated. Demands on our time and attention abound. How might we live in such a way as to embody Jesus’s teaching to seek righteousness before everything else (Matt 6:33)? What does this look like for eachContinue reading “Weekend Retreat March 2025”

We want to express our heart-felt gratitude to all who have supported Ancient Streams over this past year. Your participation in our retreats and small groups, prayers and generous financial contributions have allowed us to carry on our ministry of accompaniment into a deeper relationship with God and our personal transformation. In November, we had the largest attendance we’veContinue reading “January 2025 Newsletter”

In all the busyness of the Christmas season and the chaos in our world, are you longing to get away and spend time with God?  Would you like some time and space to ground yourself in the hope of Immanuel, “God with us”?  Ancient Streams is offering a day to reflect on Scripture, pray, and open ourselvesContinue reading “Advent Retreat 2024”

Dear Friends, Are you longing to go deeper in your experience of God? Perhaps you can relate to St John of the Cross’ insight, “there is a certain ‘ah, I-don’t-know-what’ that one feels is yet to be said, something unknown still to be spoken, and a sublime trace of God as yet uninvestigated but revealed toContinue reading “Upcoming Fall Events”

Dear Friends, We want to thank all of you who have joined us for our retreats and participated in our spiritual formation groups this past year. We’ve had a rewarding year together growing in our relationship to God and each other.We also want to sincerely thank those who have contributed financially to Ancient Streams. YourContinue reading “June 2024 Newsletter”