YOUR JOURNEY BEGINS HERE

March 8th-13th, 2026

With Dr. Wendy Farley!

  • Experience daily worship in multiple engaging formats

  • Enjoy the live accompaniment of our skilled and thoughtful musicians

  • Engage deeply in small groups with the practice of Lectio Divina (Divine Reading)

  • Explore your own sense of artistry in our Art Room and through group activities

  • Engross yourself in the beautiful campus of Serra Retreat Center in the mountains of Malibu

Dr. Wendy Farley is the Rice Family Chair of Spirituality at San Francisco Theological Seminary, part of the Graduate School of Theology at Redlands University. In that capacity, she is the Director of Programs in Christian Spirituality and Director of Programs in the Art of Spiritual Direction. She is professor emerita from Emory University, where she taught in the college for 28 years and chaired Theological Studies in the doctoral program for more than two decades. She is the author of several books of theology and wisdom, and is a celebrated speaker and teacher. She has studied many forms of contemplative practice within Christianity, Buddhism, and yoga, including chant, energy work, meditation, centering prayer, visualization, and lectio divina. She is an associate at the Green Bough House of Prayer in Adrian, GA. She lives in San Anselmo, CA.

And looking ahead…
Join us at Zephyr Point Conference Center!
August 3rd - 7th, 2026

  • After our last Lectio Group, we got ready for our last worship service. Dr. Luther Smith preached a great sermon, and just like the rest of the week, the worship was phenomenal. One line that Luther shared during this sermon, from Howard Thurman, really sunk in for me. It was about prayer, and the power of prayer in the lives of those doing the praying. Thurman said: 'God’s answer to a prayer may be no, but God’s answer to a pray-er is always yes'.

    Adam Walker-Cleveland - Tahoe Retreat

  • “I was desperate for silence, but to do my inner work, I also needed the support of beauty and love. These I received.”

    -S. S. - Tahoe Retreat 2016

  • “This was the best of the best of any retreat I have ever attended.  My challenge in my spiritual path is to get out of my head and into my body and heart.  The content, process, and pacing really supported that.” 

    M. R . - Malibu Retreat 2017

  • "This week was so much more than I could have imagined – a gift of grace, creativity, and beauty.” 

    C.A.