A big thank you to both congregations from Andrea for the gift of a sabbatical. It was a wonderful time of renewal!

Andrea spent three weeks this summer in the New Hamlet of Plum Village, with ~200 guests, ~50 Buddhist nuns and staff. When the three hamlets of Plum Village gathered together to hear talks by the world renowned Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hahn, there were ~900 people all together. The focus of the 3 weeks was the practice of mindfulness – mindful breathing, walking, eating, talking, silence, dish washing – mindful everything.