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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
Earth Rising Podcast – Touching Sacred Earth: Expressive Art and Spiritual Practice
Christine was interviewed for Earth Rising Podcast on Touching Sacred Earth: Expressive Art and Spiritual Practice. From the show notes: Christine Valters Paintner has spent her career and life as a Benedictine oblate exploring the link between the disciplines of making art and having a spiritual practice. We contemplate how these two disciplines provide an access […]
The Wisdom of Wild Grace Book Launch
If you missed the virtual launch of The Wisdom of Wild Grace: Poems written by Christine Valters Paintner, hosted by Paraclete Press, and moderated by Mark Burrows, you can watch the replay below. It was a wonderful hour-long conversation where Christine shared many of her poems and some of the inspiration behind them and the […]
Earth, Our Original Monastery Journeys in Community!
During these coming months (Oct 2020 – April 2021) I am working with a group of dancing monks from our Abbey community who want to facilitate my book Earth, Our Original Monastery with their own small groups and retreat settings. Below I will be adding the details for those offerings which have open registration in […]
Earth, Our Original Monastery:
Dancing Our Way to the Divine – DVD now available!
Abbey of the Arts presents our newest DVD offering 13 contemplative prayer dances for every-body created by Betsey Beckman and one poem video! All Teaching and Dance-Along videos are filmed outdoors to invite you into the joy of encountering the Divine in nature. Through embodied prayer, celebrate Earth as our original cathedral, scriptures, saints, spiritual […]