Our Retreat Center: Selah Ranch
A Place of Renewal for Your Body & Soul
They say in nature we can take our deepest breaths. I have always found that to be true. Who in this chaotic, hurried and stress-filled world doesn’t need more of that? At Shine we call our retreat center, Selah Ranch. When I saw it for the first time while reading Psalm three, I just knew “Selah” was the perfect description of what we hope everyone who steps into this wide-open space will experience. The Passion Translations defines Selah with this tender phrase to “pause in his presence”. It is also known as the pause in music that causes us to stop and savor – to stop and reflect on what we have just heard. In this burden-filled, rapid-paced world our bodies and souls are in need of more moments to Selah, to “pause” and be known by the heart of God.
Learning God’s rhythms of rest was the single most significant factor on the road to a more balanced and whole me! In the moments I have stilled my heart and mind, God’s gentle reassuring voice has been heard within me most clearly. I can say with certainty that there is no freedom without rest. There is no finding our truest path or discovering our truest self unless we learn to pause and be still in his presence. Easily consumed by the distractions and noise around us, rest becomes our greatest weapon and our source of stability. It is contrary to what we’ve been told by a world focused on independence and productivity, but it has always been the message Jesus taught. “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Then come to me. I will refresh your life” (Matthew 11:28, TPT).
Spiritual Director and one of my favorite authors on rest, Ruth Haley Barton, perfectly describes the situation many of us find ourselves in when she said, “When we are dangerously tired, we are unable to be our best selves.” Dallas Willard put it this way, “If you don’t come apart for awhile, you will come apart after awhile.”
So, on our 17-acre, quiet retreat we are saving a space for you to breathe deeper, find clarity, reset your heart, and learn God’s restorative rhythms of rest. We want to provide a space that helps you rediscover you and find the clarity you need to live out your truest story. Our goal in this hurried, worried world is to simplify things, slow everything down and give you the opportunity to truly rest and reset. For rest is the breeding ground for great things.
We hope you will join us soon. We can’t wait to meet you and walk alongside you on the most important spiritual journey of your life! If you would like to reserve a space for you or your team to experience some much needed stillness and solitude with a self-guided retreat, reach out to us on our RESERVE NOW Page by clicking HERE!
