Our world suffers from a lack of peace. Our own hearts struggle to articulate why. And our communities fail to envision a peace that is big enough, inclusive enough, sustainable enough to carry us into a better future. Where can we turn? To start, this creative peace retreat!
In this hour-long workshop-retreat, author Eric Clayton invites participants to reflect on how cultivating creativity in their own lives can help build peace. That means examining both our person lives and our communal responsibilities. That even means reflecting on how our individuals actions can have a global impact. Take time to pray through this creative peace retreat module and find peace waiting in your own life.
And consider: How is your creative life expanding your imagination to better work for and build up God’s vision of peace in our world? How does the creative life sustain you during challenging moments?
God of Peace,
Eric Clayton
St. Ignatius of Loyola reminds us that you are to be found in all things, that you dwell in all places and all people. All of creation cries out for your peace.
As we go out to encounter you in all things, may we be ambassadors of that same peace. May we never forget that, even in the most challenging of moments, our desire for peace is your desire for peace burning within us.
May we carry that desire boldly, as we ask for the grace to be peace here and now.
Amen.
Looking for more spiritual practices on cultivating creativity? Check out this series from Fr. George Drance, SJ, the chaplain of the Jesuit Media Lab, on forming practices of hope. Click here. And if you’re looking for more on peace and Ignatian spirituality, check out Eric’s book, “Finding Peace Here and Now: How Ignatian Spirituality Leads Us to Healing and Wholeness.”
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