WEDNESDAYS AWAY
Join us for Wednesdays Away, a time of spiritual renewal hosted by Cross Roads throughout the year. Our time together includes prayer and conversation, led by a spiritual director and focusing on a different spiritual practice or theme each month. These retreats are open to all people interested in exploring new faith practices. Attend one or attend all—and be sure to invite friends to join you.
DATES & THEMES
2025
October 1
A VISIT WITH LADY WISDOM
Led by Laurie Matarazzo
We will explore the feminine personification of Divine Wisdom we find in Proverbs 8 and see where she leads us.
2025
November 5
Prerequisites for this conversation include reading or listening to at least one of the following:
ABUNDANCE IN ENOUGH-NESS
Led by Carrie Allport
"Within abundance lies the belief that what you need will be available when you need it." When we live, move, and have our being in a culture based on our market economy, it is easy to slide down a slippery slope into theological assumptions of scarcity, instead of staying rooted in a theology of abundance. Using the work of Robin Wall Kimmerer, let's consider God's economy and how we are invited to participate in holy gift-giving systems of mutual flourishing. Through radical acceptance of what we have, instead of focusing on what we don't have, perhaps we can encourage one another to recognize God's profligacy enough-ness and cultivate our own prodigal practices of gratitude.
2025
December 3
HIDDEN MYSTERY
Led by Wendy Abrahamson
Autumn ebbs toward winter. Bulbs and animals are settling into hibernation. Light and darkness decrease. What awaits us as Advent dawns? What are we being called to reflect upon? What grace is offered as we await and prepare for the celebration of Christ’s birth? Let’s explore these questions together.
2026
January 7
Location: The House Next Door
WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?
Led by Kayla Hopgood at the House Next Door
Epiphany is more than a day, but an entire liturgical season to reflect upon God’s glory made manifest in Jesus. We will ground ourselves in Epiphanytide texts as we contemplate for ourselves the question Jesus famously posed to Peter in the synoptic gospels: Who do you say that I am?
2026
February 18
Ash Wednesday
AN IGNATION WORKOUT
Led by Dale Selover
In his book, An Ignatian Workout, Tim Muldoon uses the language of St. Paul to invite us to be spiritual athletes, engaging in a forty-day Lenten workout using the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius. Ignatius wrote these exercises so that we would know God’s love intimately and to help us deepen our relationship with God. Let’s work out together this Lent; it’s always more fun with a friend!
2026
April 1
SABBATH AND REST
Led by Emilee Boggis
Theologians Walter Brueggeman and Tricia Hersey have taken two concepts – Sabbath and rest, respectively – and redefined them as acts of resistance in our fast-paced, production-oriented culture. Together, let us explore how these ancient concepts, paired with scripture and story and practice, can offer liberation and reshape our world.
2026
May 6
COLOR AND CALM
Led by Linda Walker
How does color influence our feelings and perception of the world around us? What role does color play in our lives of prayer and worship? If you are a visual or kinesthetic learner, a distractible or impatient soul, a word-weary pray-er, or someone looking for a new prayer practice, come and join us as we doodle our way to God in prayer.
2026
June 3
FAITHFUL IN THE MUNDANE
Led by Josh Kelly
Much of our daily life is composed of fairly mundane routines. Little things we have done hundreds, if not thousands, of times. Often, we want to find an experience with the divine in the mountaintop encounters, but how might we recenter ourselves and train our spirits to see and experience the divine in all those routine little moments and actions.