Iona Poetry Reading with Kenneth Steven
Spiritual Direction Supervision
One of our Wisdom Council members, Lita Quimson, is now fully trained as a supervisor of spiritual directors. She finished an 18-month training in the practice of supervision of spiritual directors early in 2021. She can be contacted by email. Her fee is 20 € for each hour long session zoom. She is based in […]
A mini-poetry reading from Christine plus other publishing news
Christine Valters Paintner gave a 20-minute poetry reading for Paraclete Press on Instagram Live this week and read mostly poems about springtime (you also get a small window into her office and her dog Sourney makes an appearance as well). You can watch the recording of it here. Also Christine’s poem “At the End of […]
Two new dancing monk icons!
Julian of Norwich & Clare of Assisi join the series
When John and I traveled to Assisi in 2019 to participate in a pilgrimage that started our sabbatical year, I went to encounter Francis more deeply. That did happen, but the holy surprise was encountering Clare, who I didn’t know as much about, and falling in love with her contemplative spirit. She was Francis’ treasured […]
Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living
We are so excited to be launching our brand new album! We have been working on Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living for about a year now. The Monk Manifesto is a set of 8 principles for contemplative, creative, and compassionate living. It is the Rule of Life for the Holy Disorder of […]
Celebrate the Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle podcast with us!
Our final episode of the Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle will be available Sunday, January 10th! We are so thrilled to now have a full week of morning and evening prayers Abbey-style available for you to pray with on your own or with your community as a free resource. I am especially grateful to Betsey Beckman, […]
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 […]