5 min readby Brian Flagg, My 30 day silent retreat at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Los Altos, California was the greatest experience of my life since I became a born again Christian when I was 22 years old. I’ve been home since July 25, but haven’t been able to write about it until now, I guess, because it was so intense and so personal. I just have not been able to find the words to adequately express my experience of being transformed into a new man! It was like being born again, again in three parts, since I attended 8 day