We had a smaller – but no less lovely – gathering for this week’s Poetry Party. Make sure to stop by and read the jewels offered there. The winner of the random drawing this week for a copy of Sacred Poetry: An Invitation to Write is Sharon – email me with your snail mail and I [...]
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They can be like a sun, words.
They can do for the heart
what light can
for a field.
-St. John of the Cross, Love Poems from God (translated by Daniel Ladinsky)*
On January 1st I posted this invitation to share your word for the year and over 130 of you responded! Reading through your words was moving, inspiring, and [...]
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Inside everyone
is a great shout of joy
waiting to be born.
Even with the summer
so far off
I feel it grown in me
now and ready
to arrive in the world.
-David Whyte (excerpted from “Winter of Listening”)
Thank you to everyone who participated in this week’s Poetry Party on the theme of “Sharing Our Deepest Joy” – make sure to pour [...]
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TWO INVITATIONS for my Seattle-area friends facilitated by two of my favorite people who I am blessed to work with – Betsey Beckman and Kayce Hughlett. I am planning to attend both and hope to see you there as well!
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Advent Evening of Prayer
The Word Becomes Flesh: Longing for the New Creation
Thursday, December 10, 2009
7-9:00 P.M. [...]
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. . . The Pollinatrix! Send me your snail mail to Christine@AbbeyoftheArts.com and I will send you a copy of Crossing the Threshold: New Year, New Beginnings.
Make sure to stop by last week’s Poetry Party and revel in the expression of gratitude overflowing there. I am delighted so many of you took the time to [...]
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I just hit the “SEND” button to deliver our manuscript to the Publisher right on time. Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction (co-authored with Betsey Beckman) is scheduled for publication in early February 2010 by Morehouse (SDI Imprint Series). More details to come! For right now I am just going to [...]
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This week’s Poetry Party was, as usual, a transcendent collection of poetic beauty! Take some time this weekend to pour yourself some tea and linger over these “moments.”
The winner of my random drawing for a copy of Sacred Poetry: An Invitation to Write is Beth Patterson of the Virtual Tea House – Beth, send me your snail [...]
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. . . Grady Patterson! Grady, send me your snail mail and I will send you a copy of Sacred Poetry: An Invitation to Write.
I invite everyone to go spend time over at the Poetry Party and bask in summer’s sweet slowness. So many luscious images there to linger with on a summer day with [...]
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. . . Elizabeth at Mind Whisperings! Send me your snail mail and I will get your copy of Sacred Poetry: An Invitation to Write in the mail to you. Everyone else can order your very own copy at the Abbey Shop. Andy Wilkes at A Man Breathing has some very lovely things to say about this newest edition of [...]
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A friend forwarded this Call for Art Submissions on to me and I explored the links to discover the lovely and whimsical creations called MuseCubes. Gretchen Wegner is the inspiration behind these and they look like so much fun! She is in need of photo submissions to use on her future editions of the MuseCubes, [...]
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