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"Leading a Life With God" and "Creating a Life With God" Books Available Online
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Journey on a
Virtual Prayer Path
The virtual prayer path is a time to draw away and connect your soul with God in the midst of your day. Images where taken as one journeyed along the path located on the MICAH site. To journey along with us click here >>
2009/2010 MICAH Retreats
MICAH offers a wide variety of retreats, events, and on-going opportunities focusing on your physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being! While most retreats and events occur in the Northwest Minnesota region, some do occur throughout the country. To learn more about these upcoming retreats as well as other opportunities in 2009 and 2010 see our Retreat/Events page > >
Health and Spirituality:
MIND, BODY, and SPIRIT...
how are you feeling?
Every day we as a human race spend billions of dollars, amazing amounts of energy, and countless hours to feel better. It’s a search for completeness. We desperately want to be authentically healthy and whole individuals. However this search continues to be elusive. Why? Because even though we are physical, mental, and spiritual beings we don’t live like we are. And when we don’t nourish our mind, body, and spirit health and wholeness will never be a reality.At Riverview Family Practice and Integrative Medicine Center we want you to be truly healthy. Click here to read complete article >>
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Holy Doodles - Cartoons
to Contemplate
Holy Doodles, Cartoons to Contemplate is a fun ongoing section of the MICAH website. The pictures you find here are images that came to mind from meditating on scripture passages, books, past events, conversations with friends and family, and from simply trying to be attentive to God in my everyday life. Following each drawing is a short paragraph about the drawing itself along with a few questions to ponder and discuss. The cartoons are copyrighted, however you are very welcome to use them as long as you credit where they came from. My hope is that these pictures will stretch your mind just enough to cause you to think more deeply about your life with God. Click here to view latest cartoon > >
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Experience Beauty, Peace and Rest at the New MICAH Retreat Center
Located on over 200 acres of rolling prairie, quiet woods and refreshing river banks, the new MICAH Retreat Center offers a place to seek God without noise, rush and stress. The retreat facility, with its wind turbine, green roof and post and beam interior offers a large, modern kitchen, inspirational main room, small conference room and peaceful living quarters with beautiful views of the Red River Valley.
Take a meditative stroll along the wooded prayer path; quietly leave worries behind as you walk the labyrinth that over looks the valley. Be led on an inner journey of discovery along the pilgrimage route, snowshoe across the prairie, canoe down the river, or simply sit under a tree and notice the day meander by.
What is offered?
Select from Half day, Full-day, Weekend, or Week-long Retreats.
Who may want to consider this:
Individuals, Groups, Pastors, and Youth Groups.
What types of retreats are offered?
A wide variety include Prayer, Health, Snow Shoe, "Mind, Body & Spirit", Pilgrimage, Labyrinth, Men's, Women's, and "Spiritual Life & Leadership" Retreats.
MICAH offers a variety of ways to use the facility:
- MICAH staff can provide full leadership, teaching and food preparation.
- MICAH staff can assist with portions of the retreat and food preparations.
- You may rent the facility for a retreat and be responsible for staffing, food, etc.
- OR...You can customize your retreat according to your individual needs or the needs of your group...we are flexible and can help assist you!
While the building is fully functional, it is in the process of being completed. We welcome youths mission trips to help us complete the building as we proceed forward in this ministry.
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Thanks for the wonderful kitchen shower!
The MICAH kitchen is up and running! Thanks so much to all who donated items for the kitchen and most especially to Mary Pester who helped make the 'kitchen shower' a reality.
Peace, The MICAH Staff
Time Magazine Article
"The Rural Exodus"
Featuring Daniel Wolpert
Available Online
Time magazine reporter David Van Diema writes "In Minnesota, Daniel Wolpert pastors a conventional, aging congregation but also runs a contemplation center on a plot of former farmland. . ." To read the entire article "The Rural Exodus" featured in Time magazine click here >>To view the accompanying video clip entitled "Vanishing Pastors on the Prairie" click here >>
MICAH Introduces the ALL NEW Health and Spirituality Yearlong Comprehensive Program
No matter who we are, what we do, or what stage of life we're in we all need opportunities to reflect upon and examine our whole life, physically, mentally, and spiritually, in order to make serious and lasting changes.At the Minnesota Institute of Contemplation and Healing we have developed the Health and Spirituality Program because we believe everyone has the potential of being authentically healthy and whole.This yearlong comprehensive healing program is dedicated to helping you pay attention to your complete self. You will be given specific tools, individualized direction, and helpful encouragement from an experienced and diverse staff that genuinely cares about you and your quality of life.The Health and Spirituality Program is an investment toward becoming the person you were created to be. For complete details click here > >
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