Writing as a Spiritual Practice
(Zoom mini-retreat on July 11th)
with Christine Valters Paintner July 11, 2020 – 9am-12noon Pacific time Join us for this session where we will explore writing as a spiritual practice. Christine will guide you through different exercises to help you yield to the process of writing as a journey of discovery, rather than holding too tightly to the end product. […]
Earth Monastery Virtual Book & Album Launch (Recording available)
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] On Earth Day 2020 Abbey of the Arts hosted an Earth Monastery Virtual Book & Album Launch (recording above) Christine Valters Paintner was joined by Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council members Betsey Beckman, Simon de Voil, and Richard Bruxvoort Colligan for this free hour-long event. Christine introduced and shared a […]
Celtic Practice of Thresholds Webinar
We have collectively entered into a time and space of threshold, when the old has fallen away and the new has not yet come into being. In the Celtic imagination, thresholds were places where the veil between heaven and earth was especially thin and so we had access to a deeper connection with the spiritual […]
Earth Monastery Virtual Book & Album Launch
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] EARTH DAY: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 12 noon Eastern (9 am Pacific/5 pm Ireland/UK) Christine Valters Paintner will be joined by Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council members Betsey Beckman, Simon de Voil, and Richard Bruxvoort Colligan for this free hour-long event. Christine will introduce and share a meditation from the book Earth, […]
Earth, Our Original Monastery Album
We have a brand new album out now with 14 beautiful songs to cultivate our intimacy with Earth. So grateful to our musicians Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, Simon de Voil, Betsey Beckman, Lorraine Bayes, and Peter Mayer for sharing their gifts with Abbey of the Arts. The album accompanies Christine’s newest book and soon there will […]
Ave Maria Press – Huge E-Book Sale on Several Titles by Christine
Ave Maria Press is having a huge sale on their e-book versions of their titles including 7 of the 8 books Christine Valters Paintner has published with them (AND this includes her newest one coming on April 3rd). Sale goes until April 15th! Earth, Our Original Monastery is $8.99 The Soul’s Slow Ripening is $4.99 […]
Praise Song for the Pandemic
Praise be the nurses and doctors, every medical staff bent over flesh to offer care, for lives saved and lives lost, for showing up either way, Praise for the farmers, tilling soil, planting seeds so food can grow, an act of hope if ever there was, Praise be the janitors and garbage collectors, the grocery […]