Why Retreat?

Brent Amato

Christian Legal Society, as part of its ministry to lawyers and law students, provides not only its annual national conference, but also regional retreats. In the coming months, these are scheduled as follows:

Midwest Regional Retreat, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin – February 4-6, 2022

Southwest Regional Retreat, Dana Point, California – March 4-6, 2022

I love retreats, so I think this is a great part of the CLS “DNA”! I can’t help but notice that only a very small percentage of CLS members and other CLS-interested parties attend these regional retreats. As a rabid retreat fan and advocate, I share this blog for your consideration.

I know what some, if not many of you, are thinking “I’m too busy.” If pressed on the topic, your response it something like “There are just too many important things right now in my life to take the time for that” (a/k/a “The Tyranny of the Urgent”). If pressed further on the topic, your response becomes akin to “There are just too many MORE important things right now in my life to take the time for that” (a/k/a “The Higher, Prioritized, Rewarding, Self-Ordained Callings”).

While maybe not persuasive, much less dispositive, permit me to share a list of why retreats for lawyers and law students are critical to life as God designed for His children and Jesus expected for His disciples:

While I agree that it is highly right and profitable to be greatly inspired by and diligently respond to our Leader’s and His Apostle Paul’s call to “Charge!” (Matthew 28:18-20, Philippians 3:12-14), it is also highly right and profitable at times to be greatly inspired by and diligently respond to our Leader’s call to “Retreat!”

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