What's in a Weekend?

Today was my fourth Saturday in a row of being pushed to grow. First was a Pastoral Care retreat for Bethesda Friends Meeting, next was a Grow Our Meetings workshop by Friends General Conference, then the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Interim Meeting, and today the DC Peace Team's Restorative Justice Circle training. It's been hard to give up a full day each weekend, but I wouldn't trade any of it. Each event has been an opening for the kinds of topics that I usually don't have enough time to discuss. It has been a wonderful opportunity to reflect on my priorities. While I highly value time to myself to reflect and decompress, I also recognize how special it is to be able to spend time in communities and situations in which I get to experience learning and love in equal measure.