Retreat Reflections

A 48‑hour retreat won’t fix everything, but it can help you breathe again. This simple guide walks you through a weekend at Deer Creek Retreat in Old La Sal—porch coffee, silence, stars, and small practices that let your nervous system exhale and your soul catch up.

I don’t live in Old La Sal or greet you at the door, but every small decision—from roof repairs and parking blocks to clear instructions and a meager, honest kitchen—is made on purpose. This post shares my heart for quiet hospitality at Deer Creek Retreat: little things done with great love so the land can do its healing work.

Many people find complete silence unsettling, but in Old La Sal it becomes a healer. From 2 a.m. Milky Way skies to porch coffee with no cell service, this post explores how silence and your nervous system reset together at Deer Creek Retreat.

Our kitchen isn’t fancy, but it’s intentional. Standing at the sink with a view of the La Sal Mountains and well water in your glass, even doing dishes can become prayer. This reflection explores how the Deer Creek kitchen can become a small cathedral of presence, gratitude, and slow, simple meals.

What if the holiest moments of your retreat aren’t on a mountaintop, but in the quiet, ordinary spaces—coffee on the porch, light through the blinds, dishes after dinner? This reflection explores practicing the presence of God in the small moments at Deer Creek Retreat in Old La Sal, Utah.

Old La Sal was once a thriving cow town and is now a quiet valley beneath the La Sal Mountains—but for my family, it’s never been empty. This reflection weaves Old La Sal history with Moab childhood, brotherhood, and an uncle who calls this place “God’s country,” to show why Deer Creek Retreat sits where it does.

This is the story of my brother Todd, the five acres of potential he saw before anyone else did, and how that dream became Deer Creek Retreat—and an invitation for others to slow down here and reconnect with the stuff that matters.