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For Minneapolis, January 2026: A Prayer for the Nighttime
by Nichola Torbett, Associate Director of Kirkridge Retreat & Study Center You with the frostbitten hands, You, proffering trail mix
Kirkridge is hiring an on-site chef!
Kirkridge Retreat Center is looking for a local chef to create meals for our programs and retreats. Located on the
The Stream Keeps Flowing: A Fall Festival Celebrating Justice-Making at Kirkridge
Click here to register for this event; you will be sent the Zoom link to attend. The stream of justice-making

All But Speechless
The following are Kirkridge-community-member Bill Wylie-Kellermann’s words at a press conference on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. I confess that for
Walter Brueggeman, A Remembrance
by Bill Wylie-Kellermann When I was a student at Union Seminary in New York, Abraham Heschel taught at Jewish Theological
Other Sites of Power: Inaugurating a Different World
by Nichola Torbett with gratitude to Bayo Akomolafe, 2024 retreat leader at Kirkridge The following is the transcript of a
Vigil
by Bill Wylie-Kellermann Come morning we found her. Cedar boy crosses the road from the school bus wait To check
A Time to Grow Our Souls
“These are the times to grow our souls.”– Grace Lee Boggs Beloved Kirkridge community, I am feeling Grace’s words viscerally
Kirkridge welcomes their new associate director
We are happy to welcome Justine Johnson as our new Associate Director to Kirkridge.