I have been asked if I would make my recent article in Presence (the journal of Spiritual Directors International) available. It is on Using the Arts in Spiritual Direction and Discernment, and you can read it here.
Also, Christian Century posted a great article about the RevGalBlogPals, a webring I am a part of. You can read that one here.
For Glimpses of Heaven Here and Now*Sacred Source of Joy,help us to see glimpsesof heaven all around us,in the urgency of each spring’s blooming,in the simple gifts of waterto bathe in and drink,in our morning tea or coffee,with steam rising like this prayer,in the dog’s
Thank you to all of our dancing monks who shared their word of guidance for the year with us here. Congratulations to our winners of the random prize drawing: Please email Melinda at dancingmonk@abbeyofthearts.com to claim your prize.
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to our Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council member Melissa Layer‘s reflection on making nature mandalas. I became aware of how the extraordinary is exquisitely entangled within the
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Ah yes…releasing into the Great Mystery of the world. That pretty much sums it up!
Thanks for your very kind words Bette. I love that quote from Rilke and I do think it speaks to releasing our cares to God, for me though it is also about releasing into the Great Mystery of the world. That life is not a linear story, but an unfolding spiral, and there is so much about which we understand very little — what happens after death for instance. Honoring the Mystery of all that is and recognizing that’s God imagination is always far greater than our own.
Thank you for sharing your article. I’m not completely finished reading it yet as I need to run some errands, but wanted to make a quick comment.
You say… [ The poet Rilke wrote “have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves . . . Live the questions now.” ] This speaks to me in that I often get stuck on trying to figure out the unresolved…or better yet….my frustrations and disappointments really. Perhaps Rilke’s thoughts are similar to the act of releasing your cares to God?
There are so many great things in your article….wonderful little treasures and gifts for my life.