Category: Retreats

I originally wrote this while I was reading “Do Over” by Jon Acuff.  It was in response to the Day 5 assignment.  Good to know that three years later that I am consistent about not posting consistently – even drafts.

So technically Refresh isn’t a place, it’s…

I find myself at a loss for words when I attempt to describe Refresh Summit ’14 in fewer than four sentences.  I’ve been struggling to blog post about it for almost a year now. Mainly because I keep writing too much. Like an epistle too much. Seriously, I could write a blog series about the two days I spent in a B&B cabin with 39 other women in the mountains of Tennessee.   I would describe it as “overnight camp” for women.

I never got to go to away camp and it was everything I imagined summer camp would be like.  S’mores and all.  Except there were no crazy antics involving paddling to the boys’ side of the lake or weird girl clique issues.  Obviously, all of the camp ideas I had was based on the 1980’s movies I watched growing up.  Even without all the cheesiness of an 80’s movie, I got all of the things I wanted out of an away camp experience at Refresh.

And a lot that I didn’t know I could get out worshipping God, fellowshipping, exercising, and eating really good food.  What I can say succinctly about Refresh is that it’s the most uplifting and motivating experience I’ve had in the last several years.