I started coming down with a cough/cold thing that is going around on Wednesday and despite my best efforts and a full arsenal of resistance — Wellness Formula, Immunity Tea, raw garlic, and rest — I am fully sick today. Sigh. The worst part is that Betsey Beckman and I had a wonderful retreat day [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Sacred Artist Interview: Katharine Houk
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I was first introduced to the work of Katharine Houk by Tess at Anchors and Masts. I love it when people point me to their favorite artists (hint hint) because I always discover someone with tremendous grace and beauty in service to others. Katharine is a textile artist who creates these beautiful and tactile ritual [...]
Now is the Time
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Now is the Time Now is the time to know That all that you do is sacred. Now, why not consider A lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheels To be laid aside When you finally [...]
This week's winner is . . .
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. . . the lovely lucy! lucy will be getting a copy of my zine a copy of my zine Callings: Becoming Who You Already Are. Thank you to all who contributed to this week's Poetry Party! As always it was a transcendent experience for me to read all of your luminous words. The next Poetry [...]
Sacred Artist Interview: Mary Kolb
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When one of my readers suggested Mary Kolb for the Sacred Artist Interview series I thought it might be fun to explore an "artist of the inner life" instead of my usual focus on visual artists, poets, and musicians. I love that phrase, after all, are we not all invited to co-create the architecture of our inner [...]
Invitation to Poetry: Wings
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This is the 30th Poetry Party! I select an image and suggest a title and invite you to respond with your poems, words, reflections, quotes, song lyrics, etc. Leave them in the comments or email me and I’ll add them to the body of the post as they come in along with a link back [...]
The Abbey is back!
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I was away for the weekend attending a workshop and returned last night to find my website down. After some long holds and frustrations with my hosting company and then the intervention of my web guy things are back on track now. Apparently my site got hacked which a pretty unsettling idea. There may be a [...]
Cycles of Creativity
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“A major obstacle to creativity is wanting to be in the peak season of growth and generation at all times . . . but if we see the soul’s journey as cyclical, like the seasons. . . then we can accept the reality that periods of despair or fallowness are like winter – a resting [...]
Sacred Artist Interview: Marybeth Leis Druery
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Marybeth Leis Druery is another one of the wonderful artists I have had the privelege to encounter through my art editing work with the Presence Journal for the spiritual direction community. Her website Contemplative Art is filled with her luminous watercolors and purchase of her beautiful cards and prints goes to support Student Open Circles. I always [...]
A Midwinter God
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"In a dark time, the eye begins to see." -Theodore Roethke "Wisdom comes with winter." -Oscar Wilde I love the bare branches of winter trees spread across the muted sky. Those aching arms that have been stripped of encumbrance to reveal the bones. When autumn comes I am dizzy with delight at the release of [...]
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