FORT SMITH — Macrina Wiederkehr, a Benedictine nun, and Clara Jane Rubarth will lead a prayer retreat March 18-20 at St. Scholastica Monastery.
The program, “Every Step a Prayer: Praying With the Labyrinth,” will use the winding path as a metaphor for the spiritual journey. Participants will learn about labyrinths as a tool for walking meditation and prayer and will be encouraged to write in a spiritual journal. The retreat will also include centering prayer and lectio divina, a form of sacred, prayerful reading of Scripture.
The gathering begins at 7 p.m. March 18 and ends at noon March 20. Cost is $150 and includes accommodations for two nights and five meals. Information and registration are available online at stscho. org or by calling (479) 783-1135.
Men’s conference to host Jabez writer
ROGERS - Best-selling author Bruce Wilkinson will be the featured speaker during the third annual Northwest Arkansas Men’s Conference on Friday and Saturday at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills. Wilkinson is best known for The Prayer of Jabez and has written numerous other books including The Secrets of the Vine, Beyond Jabez and The Dream Giver.
Other guests include Christian comedian Tim Hawkins and Cross Church Pastor Ronnie Floyd. Cost is $30 for adults and $15 for boys, 6 through 12th grades.
Information and registration are available online at nwamensconference.com. The church is at 2448 Pinnacle Hills Parkway.
Author to speak twice on reverence
FAYETTEVILLE - Scholar and author Paul B. Woodruff will present a lecture at 7 p.m. March 12 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 224 N. East Ave. The author of Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, Woodruff will discuss his study of the topic. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. He will also speak at 10 a.m. March 13 in the parish hall.
Woodruff is the dean of the department of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.
Information is available by calling (479) 442-7373.
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Religion, Pages 32 on 02/24/2011