The Courage to Live: A Retreat for Women Veterans

“Courage is what love looks like

when tested by the simple everyday necessities of being alive.” David Whyte

At the heart of this season when creation models the courage for new life, we will explore our own power for transformation. We will recognize the deep well of strength we hold in vulnerability, surrender and community. Through the wisdom and tender support of one another, we will awaken the healing and hope we share. Images from Cranaleith’s colorful beauty, poetry and ritual will accompany us. The day will include insights into the moral injury we carry uniquely as women veterans.

Kelly Denton-Borhaug is a religious studies scholar at Moravian University whose work focuses on moral injury, U.S. war-culture, and the intersections of religion and violence. She is the author of And Then Your Soul Is Gone: Moral Injury and U.S. War-culture; and is working on a forthcoming book, Moral Injury and the Burning Spark of Conscience: Veteran Stories and Visions for Hope.