Shabbat shalom to everyone from Stony Point Retreat Center! It's now the middle of the afternoon and I'm taking a brief rest after a spirited morning and afternoon of eating-learning-singing-praying-socializing. It's been a remarkable, exhilarating, tiring (but in a good way), and uplifting week with my comrades-in-linking-arms-and-hearts here. I don't know how everyone manages to pack in so much into less than one week. Yet it happens. The retreat center is a multi-faith intentional community that was founded nine years ago. A small group of Muslims, Jews, and Christians live full time at the site, which earns its income as a retreat and conference center. It's not a fancy place, but the food has been fresh and bountiful, and the rooms and bathrooms clean. Everyone treats each other with a caring and open attitude. I haven't
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