Winter Fruiting

Winter Fruiting: Reflections on the Gift of Our Later Years

Thursday, May 23
7 – 8:30 PM (CT)
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Co-sponsored with the Siena Center of Dominican University

An evening for those who have reached the later years of life and are eager to explore, and share, the spiritual fruits of life’s winter season. Just as the winter tree must relinquish its leaves, so we too face the challenge of letting go. And just as the tree’s seeds fall into the ground, to bear new fruit in the future, so our lives too bear fruit, born of experience and matured into wisdom. We will reflect on the nature of that fruit, and the gift that is ours to give to the future.

This program is a Hybrid: Participants have the option to meet In-Person at The Well or to join on Zoom. Facilitator is on Zoom.

Registrants will receive Zoom sign-in information via email
upon registration + a reminder the day before the program.

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Facilitator: Margaret Silf

Margaret Silf is passionate about making Christian spirituality accessible to people with no theological background. She is the author of a number of books for 21st century pilgrims who may or may not identify with institutional religion. She is especially interested in the power of story and the way stories shape our lives and attitudes, and in the universe story and our place in it and its challenge to us to evolve spiritually to a higher plane of what it means to be human.

Margaret lives in Scotland and has one adult daughter and two young grand-daughters. She holds a BA degree in English from London University and a Masters degree from Keele University. Formerly employed as a technical author in the IT industry, she left paid employment in 2000 to devote her time to writing and accompanying others on their spiritual journey, through retreats, workshops and days of reflection.

Margaret is also facilitating two retreats: “Through Turmoil to Transformation Retreat: Becoming the Change We Long For.”  (March), and “Discovering Your Wisdom Years Retreat” (May).