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A Midwinter God: Encountering the Divine in Seasons of Darkness
A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent
The Love of Thousands: How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk With Us Toward Holiness
Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life
The Wisdom of Wild Grace: Poems
Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature
Dreaming of Stones: Poems
The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred
The Wisdom of the Body: A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women
The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within
Illuminating the Way: Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Desert Mothers and Fathers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings Annotated & Explained
The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words and Images into Heart-Centered Prayer
Water, Wind, Earth & Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements
Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction
Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening & Awareness
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Prayer Cycle
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Birthing the Holy: Wisdom of Mary
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Contemplative Yoga
Creative Flourishing with St. Hildegard of Bingen
Dreaming of the Sea: The Selkie Story
Earth, Our Original Monastery
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Exile and Coming Home
Give Me a Word
Journey with the Desert Mothers and Fathers
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
Monk in the World
Sacred Rhythms of Sky, Sun, Sea & Stone
Sacred Seasons
Sacred Time
The Love of Thousands
The Mystical Heart: Love as a Creative Force
The Soul of a Pilgrim
The Soul’s Slow Ripening
The Wisdom of the Body
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of the Irish Saints Brigid, Ciaran, & Gobnait
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Saints Colman, Sourney, and Patrick
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Irish Saints Kevin, Ita, and Enda
Visionary, Warrior, Healer, Sage: Archetypes to Navigate an Unravelling World
Watershed Moments in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
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Mary block print art series by Kreg Yingst
Monk in the World art series by Quynh Nguyen
Sacred Time art series by Alexi Francis
Saints & Animals art series by David Hollington
Poetry Videos
Partnerships
Subscribe to Our Love Notes
Books
A Midwinter God: Encountering the Divine in Seasons of Darkness
A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent
The Love of Thousands: How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk With Us Toward Holiness
Love Holds You: Poems and Devotions for Times of Uncertainty
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Sacred Time: Embracing an Intentional Way of Life
The Wisdom of Wild Grace: Poems
Earth, Our Original Monastery: Cultivating Wonder and Gratitude through Intimacy with Nature
Dreaming of Stones: Poems
The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred
The Wisdom of the Body: A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women
The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within
Illuminating the Way: Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Desert Mothers and Fathers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings Annotated & Explained
The Artist’s Rule: Nurturing Your Creative Soul with Monastic Wisdom
Lectio Divina–The Sacred Art: Transforming Words and Images into Heart-Centered Prayer
Water, Wind, Earth & Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements
Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction
Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening & Awareness
Book Club
Prayer Cycle
Self Study
Birthing the Holy: Wisdom of Mary
Breath Prayer: An Ancient Practice for the Everyday Sacred
Contemplative Yoga
Creative Flourishing with St. Hildegard of Bingen
Dreaming of the Sea: The Selkie Story
Earth, Our Original Monastery
Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice
Exile and Coming Home
Give Me a Word
Journey with the Desert Mothers and Fathers
Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Reading the World
Monk in the World
Sacred Rhythms of Sky, Sun, Sea & Stone
Sacred Seasons
Sacred Time
The Love of Thousands
The Mystical Heart: Love as a Creative Force
The Soul of a Pilgrim
The Soul’s Slow Ripening
The Wisdom of the Body
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of the Irish Saints Brigid, Ciaran, & Gobnait
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Saints Colman, Sourney, and Patrick
Virtual Celtic Pilgrimage: The Wisdom of Irish Saints Kevin, Ita, and Enda
Visionary, Warrior, Healer, Sage: Archetypes to Navigate an Unravelling World
Watershed Moments in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures
Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist
Writing In Season
Writing with the Ancestors
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