Invitation to Dance: Soul Friend
We continue our theme this month of “Soul Friend” through the practice of dance (please visit our Community Lectio Divina practice, Invitation to Photography, and Invitation to Poetry which all explored this theme for February). I invite you into a movement practice. Allow yourself just 5-10 minutes this day to pause and listen and savor […]
Monk in the World guest post: Jason Jones
I am delighted to share another submission for the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Jason Jones’ wisdom about listening with the ear of our hearts.: Hospitality of Listening “He listens,” is what a new friend told me when we were both on retreat together. We both had daily times to visit […]
“Please can I have a God” (a love note from your online Abbess)
To receive this love note straight to your in-box, subscribe here (and also receive a free gift!) Please can I have a God (after Selima Hill) not fossilized, hardened, stiff, unshaken, not contained in creeds and testimonies, judgments and stone tablets, but in the wound breaking open. Please can I have a God who asks me […]
Invitation to Poetry: Soul Friend
Welcome to Poetry Party #75! (Does that make it our diamond jubilee?) I select an image (*photo above by Lynn Weekes Karegeannes) and suggest a theme/title and invite you to respond with your own poem. Scroll down and add it in the comments section below or join our Holy Disorder of Dancing Monks Facebook group and […]
Dancing Monk Icons now available as prints!
If you have loved the dancing monk icon series, you can now order prints directly from artist Marcy Hall of Rabbit Room Arts. The prints are made by a local printer in the town of Erie on archival quality mat board, so your purchase supports the artist, a local printer, and half of the profits go to […]
Monk in the World guest post: Valerie Hess
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission for the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Valerie’s wisdom about signposts and ancient practices: This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in […]
Love and Hospitality (a love note from your online Abbess)
To receive this love note straight to your in-box, subscribe here (and also receive a free gift!) Dearest Monks, Artists, and Pilgrims, A few days ago I received an email from a woman who is writing her dissertation and asked me to respond to the question: “If you had to choose one spiritual practice that is […]