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Vigil

by Bill Wylie-Kellermann Come morning we found her. Cedar boy crosses the road from the school bus wait To check the ant colony he watches, There the yearling deer curled beneath the white pine. Dead? No, dying of a car strike in the night Truly, our roads, all roads, and vehicles are deadly violence Plowing […]

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Come: An Invocation from “The Stream Keeps Flowing”

Lacey Hunter, our new Programs and Hospitality Manager, shared this poem Sunday at the start of our Fall Festival celebrating the LGBTQ+ work at Kirkridge. Invocation Come Father/Mother/Creator, Son/Daughter/Child, Holy Spirit/Holy Flame/Holy BreathCome Flesh Created, Flesh Redeemed, Flesh SustainedCome Queer One, Gay One, Unnamed OneFluid One, Changing One, Ever-expanding OneCome Dreamer, Liberator and HealerRainbow-Maker, Riot-Shaker,

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Kirkridge is Hiring a Caretaker / Maintenance Person

Position:  Part-Time Caretaker/Maintenance Person About Kirkridge Kirkridge is located on 217 acres of land (including 107 acres protected by permanent land easement through The Nature Conservancy.) This is the ancestral land of the Lenni Lenape people. We can host approximately 100 people on campus in double occupancy rooms in four separate meeting/dining and housing locations

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Once in a Blue Moon

By Joyce Hollyday It was a night of nature at her height of magnificence—and depth of ferocity. On August 30, the intentional community at Kirkridge gathered on the ridge with a panoramic eastern view of the Delaware River Valley, for a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon Party. Cedar and Isaac, our youngest members, hung a colorful welcome poster and

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Weaving our Iona Connections: A Walking Awake Pilgrimage with Columcille Megalith Park and Kirkridge Retreat Center to the Isle of Iona, Scotland

May 3rd – 11th, 2024: Guided by Walking Awake’s Denise Crawn (former Columcille Board Member and Kirkridge employee) and her husband Nick Prance (former Isle of Iona resident). Dear Friends of Columcille Megalith Park, Kirkridge Retreat Center and Walking Awake:    If you have a love of Celtic Spirituality and a curiosity about the connections between

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