Black and white versions:
Dearest dancing monks, artists, and pilgrims, Tomorrow Simon and I will be joined by guest musician and Wisdom Council member Jamie Marich for our monthly Contemplative Prayer Service. Our theme this month is the 5th principle of the Monk Manifesto. Here is an excerpt from our Monk in the World self-study retreat.
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Judith Jessop’s reflection on solitude and community. A sabbatical is a precious gift. In my tradition it arrives like clockwork every 7
Imbolc and Brigid Blessing*Spirit of the rumbling ground,help us attune our ears to the renewal taking formbeneath the winter earth,snowdrops and crocusesin white and purple-petaled wonder,hedgehogs and bearsbeginning to stir from sleep.Let Brigid be our guideas we navigate the way from rest to slow emergence,support
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Faces of tulips painted in
reds, yellows oranges and green,
then again in
lucent whites, greys, blacks and cream.
Oh joyful tulips
bring on the summer warm greening dreams,
Amen.
What beautiful reminders to slow down, look closely at everything within.
The colored photos: “Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee…” Nature knows so easily how to BE what it’s created for. But tulips and trees and birds make the journey easier for my growing into who I am created to be. And certainly more joyful – as do great souls like you.
I’m with Nadine on this…seeing the red tulips made me instantly think, “ooh! I want to paint that!” Thank you for sending a smile out to the world.
The red tulips set my painting instincts on fire! The tulips look like the fire tongues of the Holy Spirit ascending on us all!
Ahhhhh! What a beautiful way to begin the day…these photos and the oasis in the desert ones.
Oh such glorious sumptiousness and joy!
oohhhh! :)
Gorgeous photos. The black and white are striking in their own delightful way.
with color: joy and celebration
without color: depth and intensity
It’s all there, the many layers of experience.
Viewed by the lens of your choosing.
All beautiful
All rich
All valid
All accepted.