Our own Brigadoon...

Just got back from a weekend at the United Metaphysical Churches retreat camp in Roanoke, VA. I always enjoy being there. It feels like you step into your own little Brigadoon there. It's quiet and peaceful. The crazy outside world isn't allowed in and it's refreshing to be there. It's like a balm that is sorely needed when you arrive and it's a bittersweet sadness when leaving it.

The weekend was filled with classes taught by the best Mediums and circles that they held during the day and evening. There were only a few of us there this weekend so it was nice to have the Mediums all to ourselves.

I got a chance to just sit and chat with Rev. Reed Brown while rocking in the chairs outside the dorm rooms. He is such a nice man. We talked of his love for the place and all the things he still wants to do to it. He is animated when he speaks of the lily pond with goldfish that is up and around the bend of the property. He wants to put a gazebo in and really make it a place for people to sit and unwind back there. His goal is to not only make this a place of learning but a place that you could go just to retreat for a little while. Forget your troubles and regroup. In my opinion, it is already such a place.

On our last night we all met in the Alpha and Omega garden. Here is where some of the really great Mediums have had their ashes buried. Rev. Brown, Rev. Fitzgerald and Rev. Tedora each gave us messages. I sat there thinking "he's going to ask us to give messages" and sure enough he turned the tables on us and asked us to do so. I jumped up and tackled the assignment and I think I did ok. At least, I think I did. One of the women I gave a message to came up to me afterwards and exclaimed how accurate my reading was. That was nice to hear.

If you're ever in the Roanoke area....stop by and chat with Diane in the office. She'll tell you all about what goes on there, what's available, rooms to let for a day or however long you want to stay. Holiday weekends there are usually really great workshops going on and circles that you can attend if you've signed up for the weekend. Once there, you never have to leave the property because the food is included in your weekend payment. And try to get there on friday night before your weekend to experience the All Message Service led by the Mediums that are teaching that weekend. The messages from Spirit are moving.

I am glad to be home but always glad to be there.....in a soothing oasis just around the bend.