Mark Scandrette

This weekend, twenty of us went to the Dixon’s cabin for a SEVEN retreat. It was four years ago this month that we began as a community. And this place, up in the Santa Cruz mountains, holds many memories of our dreams and history together. In the first year, once a month we took a twenty-four hour “sabbath retreat” to relax and talk about vows and a common rhythm of life. What impressed me this weekend was how many new faces are now part of the “we” that is our community. The hard work of creating a shared identity and values is now benefiting others.