Pray and Paddle with Mary Oliver

On Lake Cochichewick we share in Lectio Divina, an ancient practice of listening to a piece of sacred wisdom, three times. Each reading includes a question to ponder followed by an extended time of paddling in silence. On this paddle we will be accompanied by the wisdom of poet and mystic Mary Oliver.

Mary Oliver’s poetry is rooted in the natural beauty surrounding Provincetown, the outermost point on Cape Cod. She invites us into the spiritual practice of listening, noticing and responding to the wisdom of creation. She writes ‘My work is mainly being still and learning to be astonished.’