Sedona Retreat

Sedona Retreat

When Grief Gets a Voice

Psalms and Poetry Women’s Retreat in Sedona, Arizona: When Grief Get’s a Voice, March 9-10, 2018

Brian Morgan, James Garcia and their colleagues, Karen Dabaghian, Elsie Kirchhofer, Lynn Gibson and Kristen Chen led a women’s retreat unpacking David’s Psalms as a model for our personal grief and unrelenting sorrow. Jetta Meyer, our host and organizer, sent out invitations to 20 different churches, including many women from Navajo tribe. The exposition of the psalms, James’ music and our colleagues’ vulnerability in their stories and poems found fertile soil in the hearts of the women of Sedona, and reaped a harvest on Saturday as they bravely shared their laments for three hours.

Sedona Session 1 – Introductions: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 1 – Karen’s Story: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 1 – Psalm 23: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 2 – Introduction to Psalms and Poetry: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 2 – Mothers and Daughters – Elsie’s Story: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 2 – Psalm 142: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 2 – Psalm 142 – The Voice of Abandonment: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 3 – 2 Samuel 1 – The Voice of Unspeakable Grief: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 3 – 2 Samuel 1 – Continued – Lynn’s Story: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 3 – Song of the Bow: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 4 – Psalm 51: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 4 – A Voice Overwhelmed by God’s Presence – Kristen Chen: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 5 – Psalm 63: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 6 – Sunday Morning – Mark: The Talitha Koum Story: (right click to download)

Sedona Session 6 – Sunday Morning Talitha Koum: (right click to download)