Three members of the Christos community ponder the importance of retreats in their relationship with God, and share their ideas for how to find a retreat that’s right for you.  What is a [...]

A conversation with author and Christos alum Alice Fryling     In your new book, Aging Faithfully The Holy Invitation of Growing Older, you talk about aging being a vulnerable time.  What [...]

A pastor’s perspective on becoming a Spiritual Director           “It’s a holy privilege to be invited into deep places with people” What called you to do Spiritual Direction? It was part of my [...]

  “The beginning of our prayer journey is saying ‘yes’ to God’s love.” What’s the beauty – the secret essence – of contemplative prayer? We are a noisy world and busier than we’ve ever [...]

A conversation with Ellen Zaeske, Program Coordinator, Ignatian Retreat How Ignatian contemplative practices guide us through daily decisions that define who we are and what we do with our [...]

Listening for the Spirit Together: A Conversation with Jeannette Bakke How do you define spiritual direction?  It’s about inviting God’s participation in our lives ever more deeply in ways that [...]

Note: As part of our spiritual direction training at Christos, Tending the Holy, we include many wonderful books and readings to study.  Our graduates consistently comment on how insightful and [...]

The Christos board is thrilled to announce that Heidi Lender has joined Christos as Executive Director.  Heidi comes to us with a depth of experience in higher education, primarily at St Mary’s [...]

In the early days of the pandemic, none of us was exactly sure what was ahead in terms of COVID 19.  Those were the days when the weight and fear of the virus was pulling us apart in almost every [...]

The State of the Christian Church and a Giant Rummage Sale By Pat Hendricks Various research organizations (Pew Research Center is the most well known.) and countless books have been written [...]