Reflections

Today’s stop on the Virtual Book Tour, is for an interview at Catherine Anderson Studio! Catherine is a photographer who also offers online classes in photography as a meditative practice and the author of The Creative Photographer, a lovely resource. Catherine:   Christine, I love your idea of seeing with the “eyes of the heart” and the heart being the source of true vision.   In the fast-paced world we live in, it can sometimes be hard to slow down long enough to see fully in this way.  What have you found helps you slow down so that you open to seeing

For today’s stop on the Virtual Book Tour, I am delighted to share a guest post I wrote for Brent Bill on Learning to Trust What Shimmers. Our habitual ways of perceiving the world, which help us navigate things  like stopping at a red light or stop sign, also stand in the way of  seeing the world in fresh and new ways. In my book Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice, I find inspiration in the ancient practice of lectio divina, or sacred reading.  In lectio, we read scripture and listen for what word or phrase

For today’s stop on the Virtual Book Tour, I am delighted to share a guest post I wrote for Ronna Detrick on Seeing Ourselves with Eyes of the Heart. (I collaborated with Ronna on the fabulous Women on the Threshold online program).  Stop by the post to email Ronna for a chance to win a free copy of the book! Cultivating eyes of the heart is about seeing in a more spacious and expansive way, and recognizing how we often move through life with limited vision.  It is a biblical perspective, where the heart is seen as the organ of transformation and integration. 

Yesterday’s stop on the Virtual Book Tour was at Louise Gallgher’s blog A Year of Rejoicing.  Louise participated in my Lenten retreat last year and I was blessed by her joyful spirit.  We talked about a number of things, including what it means to be a monk in the world, how I discovered my own inner monk, and how to maintain presence in the face of suffering: Q. What does it mean to be a Monk in the World? Being a monk in the world means being committed to helping people reclaim their contemplative self. Everybody has an inner monk, whether

Tara Owens at Anam Cara has been hosting me at her blog last week with a guest post and a book giveaway.  Last Friday (my apologies for the late post, but I was having technology issues over the weekend!) she shared an interview with me: Christine, thank you so much for all that you do. Your resources and writings have consistently brought healing, life, resurrection and more of God into my life. My first question is this: Can you share with us a time that having “eyes of the heart” helped you to see something (a situation, a place, a

I am so delighted to have my book reviewed today by Brent Bill, author of many fine books including  Mind the Light: Learning to See with Spiritual Eyes, and blogger at Holy Ordinary: Musings and Photography from a Quaker Perspective: (The camera) is a gadget that is often thought of just as that – a gadget – rather than a entry into eternity and spiritual experience.  Christine’s book helps us broaden our spiritual horizons whether through phone camera or professional DLSRs. Make no mistake.  This is no book solely for photographers.  It is for anyone who desires a fresh way

Tara Owens at Anam Cara is hosting a Photography Party Book Giveaway! She invites you to share your own images on the theme of Resurrection or on Eyes of the Heart. Share your photos by Monday, April 29th and enter for a chance to win a copy of my book Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice! (And for a chance to win a space in my upcoming online class stop by the Abbey Photo Party) Previous Virtual Book Tour Stops: Book Review at Melanged Magic with Evelyn Jackson “Practicing Resurrection through the Eyes of the Heart” Guest

I am honored to have my book reviewed today by Evelyn Jackson at Melanged Magic. I found the book both very readable and very thought-provoking. As a person who wants to create beautiful photographs, I found myself challenged to release that expectation and just let myself be gifted with whatever appeared in my view finder. One of the most difficult changes I encountered was shifting the language with which we speak about photography. Think about how you describe photography..taking photos, shooting an image, capturing a shot or light or action. Very aggressive words that describe definitive actions, planning, and specific