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Prayer Cycle Podcast + Midwinter God ~ A Love Note from Your Onliness Abbess

Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle: Day 6 Morning Prayer from Abbey of the Arts on Vimeo. Click here to listen to the audio podcast Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle: Day 6, Morning Prayer So don’t be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression,

December 13, 2020

Monk in the World Guest Post: Lisa Deam

I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Lisa Deam’s reflection about inner pilgrimage in this time of pandemic. Thanks to the pandemic, we’ve all become a little monkish, whether we want to or not. I’ll admit that the recent months of isolation haven’t always felt very sacred to me. As I continue to restrict my movements out of extra caution, I’ve deeply missed the ordinary activities of daily life, such as gathering with friends and writing in coffee shops. And I mourn the loss

December 9, 2020

Please vote in Bangor Poetry Competition

Christine Valters Paintner is excited to share that she is shortlisted for the Bangor Poetry Competition and has a favor to ask of you! Will you please go to this link and vote for my poem (#15 Field Notes on Being an Orphan.) It is a poem quite close to her heart and many of you will recognize pieces of her journey in it. You have to vote for your first, second, and third choices for your vote to count and there are several wonderful poems there. Pour some tea and give yourself a few minutes to read through the

December 6, 2020

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Give Me a Word 2021

SHARE YOUR WORD FOR 2021 In ancient times, wise men and women fled out into the desert to find a place where they could be fully present to the divine and to their own inner struggles at work within them. The desert became a place to enter into the refiner’s fire and be stripped down to one’s holy essence. The desert was a threshold place where you emerged different than when you entered. Many people followed these ammas and abbas, seeking their wisdom and guidance for a meaningful life. One tradition was to ask for a word – this word

December 5, 2020

Celtic Spirituality Reflection and Interview

Christine Valters Paintner recently wrote a reflection for A New Eden Ministry on Celtic spirituality and the Incarnation. “When we awaken to the holy shimmering in each flower, tree, and bird, we suddenly discover that we are woven into a vast community. We find ourselves nourished and supported in ways we didn’t see before. We are called to hold this deepening awareness and trust that we are sustained and called forth by the choirs of creation. During this Advent season of holy birthing, the Celtic tradition can remind us of the full meaning of the incarnation. Every created thing reveals

December 5, 2020

Monk in the World Guest Post: Pat Leyko Connelly

I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Pat Leyko Connelly’s poem reflection, “When Winter Moves In.” Snow falling so hard like lace curtains falling from the sky. “It’s beautiful” I say. As it blesses the air it passes through and the ground it falls upon! Those beautiful bright winter days, those are the ones I dream of…with blue sky and brilliant bright sun! I go for walks and the cold air chills my face and fogs up my glasses! But it is beautiful, this

December 2, 2020

Prayer Cycle Podcast + Advent Contemplative Services ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle: Day 5 Morning Prayer from Abbey of the Arts on Vimeo. Click here to listen to the audio version of the prayer cycle Day 5 Morning Prayer: Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle I came here to study hard things – rock mountain and salt sea – and to temper my spirit on their edges. “Teach me thy ways, O Lord” is, like all prayers, a rash one, and one I cannot but recommend. These mountains — Mount Baker and the Sisters and Shuksan, the Canadian Coastal Range and the Olympics on the peninsula — are surely the

November 29, 2020

Support Abbey Artists and Poets for the Holidays!

Order Saint and Animal Prints from David Hollington Artist David Hollington was commissioned to create 12 artworks to companion poems inspired by saint and animal stories in Christine’s newest poetry collection The Wisdom of Wild Grace. David is making prints available of these artworks in A3 size (297 x 420 mm / 11.69 x 16.54 inches). Single print cost: £35 Shipping cost: £12.50 to the US / £4 within the UK / £8.50 for any other location To order: Please email David directly at davidhollington@gmail.com and let him know your choice of print and mailing address. He will send you a

November 27, 2020

Monk in the World Guest Post: Kathryn Coneway

I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Kathryn Coneway’s reflection on the contemplative practice of art making during uncertain times. “Now I am revealing new things to you Things hidden and unknown to you Created just now, this very moment. Of these things you have heard nothing until now. So that you cannot say, “Oh yes, I knew this.” -Isaiah 48:6-7 This passage from Isaiah is one of my favorite discoveries from reading “The Artist’s Rule.” For me, truly entering into the unknown and

November 25, 2020

Prayer Cycle Podcast + Living Fountain ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

Earth as Original Monastery: Day 4 Evening Prayer from Abbey of the Arts on Vimeo. Click here to listen to the Audio Podcast Day 4 Evening Prayer: Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle God will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. —Isaiah 58:11 Dearest monks and artists, There are many places on this beautiful Earth where springs bubble up from beneath the surface and are considered to be sacred sites of healing. One such place out

November 22, 2020

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Monk in the World Guest Post: Lisa Deam

Please vote in Bangor Poetry Competition

Give Me a Word 2021

Celtic Spirituality Reflection and Interview

Monk in the World Guest Post: Pat Leyko Connelly

Prayer Cycle Podcast + Advent Contemplative Services ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

Support Abbey Artists and Poets for the Holidays!

Monk in the World Guest Post: Kathryn Coneway

Prayer Cycle Podcast + Living Fountain ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

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