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Thanks to everyone who left a comment earlier this week at my review of Simplifying the Soul: Lenten Practices to Renew Your Spirit.  This winner of the random drawing for a free copy is Annie!  Congratulations and I will send that off to you.

This week's Poetry Party was another sublime gathering of poetic words and images.  A deep bow of gratitude to everyone who participated.  I feel like the luckiest Abbess in the world to have such a generous and creative community.  If you haven't yet stopped by, do make sure to, and linger over these stunning images.  [...]

A deep bow of gratitude from your online Abbess to each of you who participated in this year's Give Me a Word invitation!  We had about 430 submissions and reading each one was inspiring and delightful.  Thank you to everyone who helped spread the word about this as well. I created a word cloud through [...]

. . .  Rachel Diem!  Rachel, you get a choice between a signed copy of The Artist's Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom or Lectio Divina–The Sacred Arts: Transforming Words and Images into Heart-Centered Prayer.  Just email me and let me know your choice! Last week's Poetry Party was again a sublime experience of shared vision and [...]

The winner of this week's Poetry Party on inner wisdom is Joanna Paterson.  Joanna, send me a note about which prize you would like (you can also give it as a gift).  Thank you to everyone who participated.  As always a magical and marvelous gathering of poetry!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this week's Poetry Party.  It was an absolute delight to savor the poems shared there.  The winner of the random drawing for a copy of Sacred Poetry: An Invitation to Write is Laurie Basile.   Happy Spring!

Thank you to everyone for your marvelous poems at this week's Poetry Party. I love that the Abbey can be a gathering space for creativity to flourish.  Stop by to linger, read, and savor such exquisiteness. The winner of this week's random drawing for a free registration in Lenten Online Retreat: Journey with the Desert Mothers [...]

. . . painter of blue!  Sybil won my random drawing for a copy of Sacred Poetry: An Invitation to Write – please send me your snail mail and that will go out to you. A deep bow of gratitude to everyone who offered their words of beauty and grace here in this virtual Abbey [...]

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 [...]