Addressing Common Hospitality Obstacles
On this call, the RCC Stewardship Circle member Kirstin Vander-Giessen Reitsma led a community discussion about hospitality. Participants pooled their collective wisdom to expand their thinking about the meaning of hospitality and how to address hospitality-related challenges.
Models for Balancing Hospitality, Work, and Life
On this Community Call, a panel of speakers shared from their experiences on the difficulties of living where you work, establishing personal space, and what they’re learning along the way.
Retreat Center Operations: Hardware, Software, and Equipment
On this Community Call in early August, the RCC community gathered to swap recommendations for tools that make retreat center operations more efficient and effective.
Reflections from the Racial Healing Initiative Team
The Racial Healing Initiative team is committed to co-creating a society filled with equity, belonging, wholeness, and collective wisdom and beauty. In this article, the team shares more about the RHI approach, what they’re learning, and how your center can participate.
Crafting Your Center’s Online Presence
The RCC Community Call on June 27th featured a discussion with Editorial Director John Ferro and Chief Digital Content Officer Racquel “Rockie” Joseph of the Omega Institute, where we explored ideas, best practices, and the benefits of crafting your center's online presence.
Sabbath as Sacred Rest
In this interview with the producer of the new documentary film, SABBATH, RCC program director Ben Scott-Brandt explores how the concept of sabbath connects with the work of retreat centers.
Beyond Scholarship: Inclusive Hospitality and Belonging
What are retreat centers doing - beyond scholarship - to build a sense of belonging for BIPOC people? This question is a helpful guide for centers to compare notes on their options, actions, and agency in continuing to move toward right relationship and repair.
Hosting the Edges: Kinship, Retreat, and Lineage
Retreats always involve movement: Physical, cultural, psychospiritual, and political. Some of the most potent retreat experiences are the ones that bring us to the edge of our comfort zones. From the edges, the margins, we reflect upon who we are and begin to imagine who we might become.